NINE people were arrested and drugs and suspected stolen goods were seized in a planned police crackdown on crime in New Addington yesterday.
Dozens of police, including mounted police, spent the day in the estate, carrying out search and arrest warrants and spot checks for fare-dodgers on the trams.
The nine arrests included one for burglary, one for possession with intent to supply a class B drug, and one for possession of an offensive weapon.
The others were: three for not having the correct motor insurance, one immigration offence, one breach of a restraining order and one breach of bail.
Officers conducted 600 checks on the tram network, focusing on the New Addington area, and issued 38 enforcement notices.
Six bags of cocaine and two bags of cannabis were seized from an address in Headley Drive. A police spokesman could not immediately provide the size of the bags.
A "large" bag of Sim cards was also seized, as were seven vehicles for not having the correct insurance.
A Croydon police spokesman said the operation was a local initiative, and not part of the Big Wing operation that saw arrests made across Croydon last month.
