Police discovered £300,000 in cash during a dawn raid today.

Officers raided the property in Kearsley and a man has been arrested.

The operation was carried out by Bolton’s Challenger organised crime team which raided the house on Mossfield in the early hours of this morning.

Police say they arrested a 32-year-old man at the scene and he has been arrested on suspicion of multiple offences.

Officers say these include being involved in the supply of class A and B drugs as well as money laundering.

The man is in police custody and is waiting to be questioned by officers.

Detective Sergeant Paul Quinn said: “This morning we seized a substantial amount of cash and arrested a man in our continuing pursuit of criminals suspected of being linked to serious and organised crime.

“We rely on the eyes and ears of our local community to recognise the signs of drug activity occurring in their neighbourhood and reporting what you deem to be suspicious, and just like today, we will act on it.

“Any information you have – no matter how small – can be reported anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or GMP via 101.”

Programme Challenger is a partnership in Greater Manchester responding to serious and organised crime.

Last month officers in it charged five people in Bolton with drug related offences.

Officers involved in it work to pursue and disrupt organised crime groups and also to reduce the risks to people deemed vulnerable to this form of criminal activity.

The four key objectives used by the organisation are prevent, where they use early intervention to tackle organised crime, protect, where they work with communities to identify emerging issues, prepare, where they reduce the impact when a crime occurs and pursue, where they go after criminals through disruption and prosecution.

The group urges people to spot the sighs of cuckooing, where homes of vulnerable adults are targeted for drug deals.

These include not seeing the person who lives there and increases in visitors.

They also want people to be aware of the signs of child exploitation, which include unexplained gifts, new friendship groups, carrying weapons and being secretive or withdrawn from their families.