POLICE officers recovered class A drugs following searches of two people near a Boscombe church.

A report had been made to Dorset Police on Monday over anti-social behaviour and drug dealing in the area around St Clements Church.

A Dorset Police spokeswoman said: "At around 2.10pm on Monday, May 18, officers attended the Southcote Road area following an earlier report of anti-social behaviour and drug dealing.

"Two people were searched under the Misuse of Drugs Act. A quantity of suspected class A drugs was recovered."

A 24-year-old woman of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A.

She has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.