From breaking down doors to cutting locks off gates, little stood in the path of police officers and other specialised units who swooped in on a number of suspected drug dens in Central on Friday night.

Two people were arrested and drugs, stolen property and other drug paraphernalia were seized during a blitz operation in Central headed by Humewood police and accompanied by private security companies, metro police, the Tac Net anti-poaching unit and the SA National Defence Force...