POLICE have seized stolen booze and property worth £95,000 in a raid at a warehouse.

About 8,400 bottles of whisky, vodka and other spirits worth £55,000 were recovered during a search of the building on Moorfield Industrial Estate, Altham.

Officers from Accrington searched yesterday afternoon after receiving a tip-off about the stolen property.

Police confirmed it had been stolen from a haulage depot in Mold, North Wales.

Trailer units and a horse box, also stolen from North Wales, were found in the warehouse.

A 48-year-old man and his 27-year-old son, both from Blackburn, were arrested in connection with handling stolen goods.

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