A TERRIFYING haul of weapons was discovered in the boot of a car belonging to two brothers.

Police raided the home of Mohammed Allahuddin Miah and Abbas Miah as part of an investigation into violent attacks among gangs of drug dealers in Bolton.

Keys found at the home of the pair in Cross Ormrod Street, Deane, in December, 2005, were used to open a Rover parked outside.

Officers found crack cocaine worth £52,000, stun guns, cans of pepper spray, a meat cleaver and dozens of rounds of 9mm ammunition in the boot.

Baseball bats, a hockey stick and a balaclava were also in the car.

Yesterday the brothers were jailed for a total of 24 years when they appeared at Bolton Crown Court.

Abbas Miah, aged 30, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine, possession of ammunition and possession of prohibited weapons. Mohammed Allahuddin Miah, aged 26, was found guilty of the same offences by a jury and was jailed for 13 years.

Sentencing the pair, Judge Timothy Clayson said: "All these items in their various ways were capable of being used as weapons and their discovery alongside the drugs makes this substantially more serious in my eyes."

The home of the brothers was raided along with four others on December 1, 2005.

Both denied any knowledge of the items in the boot, but bags of drugs, which had been packaged ready for sale, were covered in the fingerprints of both men, said Alaric Bassano, prosecuting.

Documents at the house also revealed that the car had been bought by the older brother.

The 730 grammes of crack cocaine was worth an estimated £52,000 and the pair now face a financial hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act at which their assets could be seized.

Defending Abbas Miah, Jeremy Lasker said: "He was a drug user but lacked the resources to pay for what he was using and it was ultimately through this habit that he became involved to this extent."

Ken Hyde, defending Mohammed Allahuddin Miah, said: "It's clear that there were others higher up the chain who were manipulating my client."