ALL suspects arrested as part of an investigation into drugs money laundering have been released without charge.
A man from Keighley, West Yorkshire, who has not been named by police, was the last of the 11 people arrested by officers from the National Crime Squad on Wednesday.
He was released yesterday and has been bailed to report back to an unspecified police station later in the year.
A Burnley man was also arrested in the Spanish resort of Malaga. Police said he was still not back in Britain.
Three solicitors and a legal assistant were among 12 suspects arrested and the offices of Steele Ford and Newton in Red Lion Street were searched.
Legal practices in Blackburn, Earby and Clitheroe were also targeted by police and homes in Barnoldswick, Clitheroe, Padiham and Colne were searched.
Computer equipment and documents were taken by police as part of Operation Norfolk.
Investigations into money laundering began after the break-up of a drug-dealing gang known as The Firm.
Head of the gang, Mathew Glover, of Foxstones Lane, Cliviger, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after amassing £3million from drug dealing.
The Firm was said to have accumulated huge profits over years of illegal activity and Glover's associates received jail terms totalling 101 years.
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