Police have carried out drugs raids across the city as part of a crackdown on criminal activity taking place at a Bath nightclub.
Officers executed six early morning warrants at various homes, arresting people suspected of dealing Class A drugs at The Blue Rooms, in George Street.
They will also now be working with Bath and North East Somerset Council to take action against the licence holder for alleged breaches of its licence, which could result in the club being closed.
It follows a lengthy investigation into activities at the club, which police say is a hotspot for trouble.
They say that over the past six months more than a third of violent offences in the city's nightclubs have taken place at The Blue Rooms, with officers regularly dealing with assaults, criminal damage and thefts.
During that period there have been 33 reported incidents, with a recent increase in reports of drink spiking, mobile phone and purse thefts.
Four men - one aged 19, two aged 20 and a 24-year-old - have now been arrested and were today being held for questioning at Bath police station. No-one has yet been charged and a quantity of goods thought to be drugs discovered during the warrants is being analysed.
Speaking after the raids, district commander Chief Supt Geoff Spicer said: "This is another good day for policing in Bath."
Det Insp Janice Pearson, who headed today's operation, added: "Our aim is to destroy crime groups affecting people in Bath and north east Somerset and to arrest, prosecute and convict people supplying controlled drugs.
"Today's action sends out a strong message that police are working around the clock, in uniform and undercover, to bring offenders to justice and make Bath a safer place to live and work."
Businessman Kambiz Shayegan, who is a director of the company which owns The Blue Rooms, said he was shocked by the investigation.
When the Chronicle phoned him this afternoon, he said: "This is the first I have heard of any drug deals in Blue Rooms and I have been working very closely with the police to keep trouble out of George Street.
"Recently the police praised us for the good job we have done. I had no idea of any drug dealers in the club. It is a shock."
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