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VIDEO: 19 arrested in series of drugs raids
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BURY police have smashed a major drugs ring in a series of dawn raids.
Nineteen people, including six women, were arrested as more than 200 officers swooped on 18 homes.
The raids, codenamed Operation Saluki, were the culmination of a year of undercover work and intelligence gathering by a dedicated team of officers acting on information given to them by local residents.
Homes in the Walmersley, Chesham, Fern Grove and Elton areas were targeted, as well as a house in Prestwich, one in Whitefield, and two outside the borough.
Occupants, aged between 20 and 45, were arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs including heroin and crack cocaine. One woman was arrested for a public order offence.
Officers from the Bury division were supported by Greater Manchester Police's Tactical Aid Unit, the dog section and financial investigation unit.
Armed police were put on standby as a precaution. No weapons were recovered.
Chief Superintendent David Anthony, Bury's divisional commander, said the raids were aimed at taking hardcore drug dealers off the streets of Bury.
He described the operation as a "huge success".
He said: "The resources used during Operation Saluki serves to highlight how serious we take the issue of drugs and how determined we are to put an end to this type of criminal activity.
"The repercussions of drug use are huge, ranging from people feeling threatened walking along their own streets to an increase in burglary and robbery by addicts funding their habit.
"There is no place for drugs on the streets of the borough."
The co-ordinated 6.30am raids were carried out on homes in Walmersley Road, Kingfisher Drive, Ivy Road, Benson Street and Royal Avenue, all in Bury; Woodward Road, Prestwich; Nuttall Avenue, Whitefield; Rochdale Road East, Heywood; and St John's Court, Knutsford, Cheshire.
Mr Anthony said: "Operation Saluki centres around the Bury community and the vital information it provides.
"We have proven to the people of the borough that we will react to information they give us to take drugs and their dealers off the streets.
"The activity seen yesterday is set to continue as we move forward in our drive to crack down on drug crime."
Those arrested were last night being interviewed at police stations in Bury and Swinton.
A number of them were expected to appear before Bury Magistrates Court later today.
9:04am Thursday 7th June 2007
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CommentPosted by: speakthetruth, bury on 9:36pm Fri 8 Jun 07
Well what i have to say is that WHY do people still believe what they read and see on news/newspaper?!
ITS ALL FAULSE! NON OF IT THAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE about this drugrade AND WHY DID THEY PUT ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE IN THE NEWSPAPER OR NEWS?! THERE WERE 18 MORE PEOPLE WHO'S HOUSE'S GOT RADED WHY DID THEY USE THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE WHEN THERE WERE NOTHING SEIZED OR FOUND IN THIS HOUSE?! THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER HOUSES WHICH THEY COULD HAVE USED FOR NEWS AND NEWSPAPER BACUSE WHEN SOMEONE WALKS PAST THEY ALWAYS STARE IN to the house ! WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING EVAN SEIZED IN THIS HOUSE AND IN THE NEWS THEY SAID LOADS OF STUFF WHICH WERE NOT TRUE SO ATLEAST WHAT YOU CAN DO IS PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE APPOLIGISE FOR NOT MENTIONING THE TRUTH AND ARE VERY SORRY THAT PEOPLE ARE STARING AT THIS HOUSE WHEN WE COULD HAVE USED A HOUSE WHEN THERE WAS DRUGS SEIZED...
Well what i have to say is that WHY do people still believe what they read and see on news/newspaper?!
ITS ALL FAULSE! NON OF IT THAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE about this drugrade AND WHY DID THEY PUT ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE IN THE NEWSPAPER OR NEWS?! THERE WERE 18 MORE PEOPLE WHO'S HOUSE'S GOT RADED WHY DID THEY USE THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE WHEN THERE WERE NOTHING SEIZED OR FOUND IN THIS HOUSE?! THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER HOUSES WHICH THEY COULD HAVE USED FOR NEWS AND NEWSPAPER BACUSE WHEN SOMEONE WALKS PAST THEY ALWAYS STARE IN to the house ! WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING EVAN SEIZED IN THIS HOUSE AND IN THE NEWS THEY SAID LOADS OF STUFF WHICH WERE NOT TRUE SO ATLEAST WHAT YOU CAN DO IS PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE APPOLIGISE FOR NOT MENTIONING THE TRUTH AND ARE VERY SORRY THAT PEOPLE ARE STARING AT THIS HOUSE WHEN WE COULD HAVE USED A HOUSE WHEN THERE WAS DRUGS SEIZED...
Posted by: Ricky G, Whitefield on 7:38pm Sun 10 Jun 07
"Speakthetruth" - er how pray are the camera crew whilst filming Officers entering the house, to know what is in the house??
Please let me know as I could do with the benefit of foresight too!!
Regardless of whether drugs were found in the house - were people from this house charged with drug offences?? You seem to have omitted this important fact?
Also how can people stare into this house when it (1) has net curtains (2) Looks like every other house on that road.
"Speakthetruth" - er how pray are the camera crew whilst filming Officers entering the house, to know what is in the house??
Please let me know as I could do with the benefit of foresight too!!
Regardless of whether drugs were found in the house - were people from this house charged with drug offences?? You seem to have omitted this important fact?
Also how can people stare into this house when it (1) has net curtains (2) Looks like every other house on that road.
Posted by: Ricky G, Whitefield on 7:39pm Sun 10 Jun 07
"Speakthetruth" - er how pray are the camera crew whilst filming Officers entering the house, to know what is in the house??
Please let me know as I could do with the benefit of foresight too!!
Regardless of whether drugs were found in the house - were people from this house charged with drug offences?? You seem to have omitted this important fact?
Also how can people stare into this house when it (1) has net curtains (2) Looks like every other house on that road.
"Speakthetruth" - er how pray are the camera crew whilst filming Officers entering the house, to know what is in the house??
Please let me know as I could do with the benefit of foresight too!!
Regardless of whether drugs were found in the house - were people from this house charged with drug offences?? You seem to have omitted this important fact?
Also how can people stare into this house when it (1) has net curtains (2) Looks like every other house on that road.
Posted by: **** UP POLICE, WHITEFIELD on 10:11pm Sat 30 Jun 07
full of ****, the police are sick bastards that like wasting the public money they should go AN CATCH THE REAL DELEARS NOT THE STREET KIDS THAT ARE EARNING £50 A DAY THE POLICE NOW WHO THEY ARE BUT THE STUPID MUPPETS WHO CANNNOT DO THE CORRECT JOBS CANNOT FIND EVIDENCE ON THEM CUZ THEY ARE FULL OF ****
full of ****, the police are sick bastards that like wasting the public money they should go AN CATCH THE REAL DELEARS NOT THE STREET KIDS THAT ARE EARNING £50 A DAY THE POLICE NOW WHO THEY ARE BUT THE STUPID MUPPETS WHO CANNNOT DO THE CORRECT JOBS CANNOT FIND EVIDENCE ON THEM CUZ THEY ARE FULL OF ****
Posted by: anon, bury on 6:41pm Tue 17 Jul 07
let me tell you RICKY G!!no body was charged from this house.someone who once lived there was charged but at the time of tha raid e didn't live there then so take your smart a**e comments an shove um.and they knew it was that house cos the door had a massive big hole in it.it looks like none of the houses on the street.
let me tell you RICKY G!!no body was charged from this house.someone who once lived there was charged but at the time of tha raid e didn't live there then so take your smart a**e comments an shove um.and they knew it was that house cos the door had a massive big hole in it.it looks like none of the houses on the street.
Posted by: speakthetuth, bury on 10:00pm Tue 17 Jul 07
Ricky G, u can just shut the **** up am i on about the next door's window?! NO I ****** AINT AM ON ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT THEY HAD RADED STUPID MUPPET!
Ricky G, u can just shut the **** up am i on about the next door's window?! NO I ****** AINT AM ON ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT THEY HAD RADED STUPID MUPPET!
Posted by: steve m, shropshire on 7:32pm Sat 5 Apr 08
Good grief!
I left bury 20 years ago, for a job in Shropshire. Looking at the comments of “speakthetuth” etc and their appalling grasp of grammar and spelling – which is a window into their intelligence – I’m glad I left!
Good grief!
I left bury 20 years ago, for a job in Shropshire. Looking at the comments of “speakthetuth” etc and their appalling grasp of grammar and spelling – which is a window into their intelligence – I’m glad I left!
Posted by: Paul, The Orient on 8:48am Thu 10 Apr 08
Here, here! Steve m, I couldn't agree more! I left Bury for Asia some ten years ago and feel I was **** right to do so. The lack of grammar and spelling in posts, like the above 'Speakthetruth' , is I'm afraid indicative of the low level of education afforded the youth of today. Britain is sadly now a mere shadow of it's once former glorious self. Bring capital punishment I say!
Here, here! Steve m, I couldn't agree more! I left Bury for Asia some ten years ago and feel I was **** right to do so. The lack of grammar and spelling in posts, like the above 'Speakthetruth' , is I'm afraid indicative of the low level of education afforded the youth of today. Britain is sadly now a mere shadow of it's once former glorious self. Bring capital punishment I say!
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