CRACK cocaine has been seized in an armed drugs raid near Bradford on Avon. A 45-year-old Trowbridge man was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to supply just before 2pm yesterday.

A small quantity of crack cocaine was seized when 20 officers, some armed, stopped the man's car just outside Farleigh Wick, near Bradford on Avon, in an operation police said was part of routine operations.

The man was held in custody at Melksham police station before being released on police bail pending further inquiries.