PSNI officers seized a “substantial quantity” of suspected illegal drugs and related paraphernalia as they carried out a routine rural patrol in the north Fermanagh area at the weekend.

Four people were arrested as a result of the operation, the police said.

A photograph of the items seized by the Fermanagh Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) officers was published on the PSNI Fermanagh Facebook page on Saturday evening.

The accompanying message stated: “Fermanagh NPT Officers were late to their beds this morning after a very long shift. Following some late night/early morning routine rural patrolling in the North Fermanagh area officers detected a substantial quantity of drugs and related paraphernalia.

“Motoring, firework and theft offences were also detected. Four arrests were made.”