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UK: 57 Mersey houses raided in massive drugs blitz - Liverpool

Jessica Shaughnessy

Daily Post

Friday 25 Aug 2006

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NEARLY 60 houses on Merseyside were raided yesterday as part of the
police's biggest-ever one-day drugs blitzes in the region.

From dawn, 300 officers swooped on 57 addresses, the highest number to
be targeted in one day, seizing drugs and £250,000.

Raids were continuing last night, but the force-wide Total Policing
Operation resulted in at least 21 arrests.

And, in an unprecedented coup, three people were charged before the day
was over thanks to a mobile forensics lab.
Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe, who took part in a raid on a house
in Wirral, said last night: "The addresses targeted have been chosen
thanks to intelligence received from the local community.

"Confidence that officers will act on information they receive has meant
that an increased number of people are prepared to pass on intelligence."

Total Policing is the Chief Constable's initiative where the force
dedicates all its resources to its most effective tactics for the day.
Yesterday, the force concentrated all its efforts on Operation Tango and
raids took place in every area of the force.

In North Liverpool, a 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of money
laundering after a raid on Albert Edward Road, where £1,500 and a Toyota
car were seized. Officers uncovered £250,000 at a property in Fazakerley
Road, but the offender now needs to be traced.

There were six arrests in Knowsley where officers uncovered hauls of
cannabis, amphetamine and £1,000 in cash.

A 58-year-old man was arrested in St Helens on suspicion of armed
robbery, while another man was arrested in connection with a haul of
cannabis.

# VIEW exclusive footage of the police drugs raids here
http://videos.icnetwork.co.uk/icliverpool/raid250806.wmv

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/

 

 

 

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