POLICE dramatically smashed their way into a house in Malvern this afternoon.

Officers used a battering ram to get into the house in Sherrards Green Road at about 12.55pm and and carried out a search helped by sniffer dogs.

A number of small wraps of various powdered substances, which have yet to be formally identified, and cash were seized and a 50-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession class A drugs with intent to supply.

She was still in custody at Worcester Police Station as the Worcester News went to press.

Another person was arrested at the house but was released following a search.