A man stopped on Marriott’s Way has been arrested after police discovered he was carrying drugs and a baseball bat.

Officers patrolling the popular path, which runs from St Crispins roundabout in the city centre through Mile Cross, Hellesdon and Drayton, stopped and searched the man on suspicion of drug related offences.

He was arrested after the search on Friday evening found a quantity of illicit drugs, cash, ‘burner’ phones and a small baseball bat.