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Drugs Raid: Corby, drugs raid in Eastbrook and Gainsborough Road, Police raid houses and make arrests Thursday 9th February 2012
A sophisticated drug-dealing operation was blown apart as dozens of policemen raided seven houses, arresting eight suspected members of a drugs gang.
Up to 90 police officers, 20 wearing full body armour and balaclavas, were involved in the raid to close down a fortified drugs house known as ‘The Shop’ in Eastbrook, on the Lincoln estate in Corby.
Two other homes in the same street as well as two in Gainsborough Road, one in Fontwell Crescent on the Oakley Vale estate and one in Alexandra Street, Kettering, were the subject of co-ordinated raids at 1.45pm yesterday.
Officers armed with chainsaws, circular saws and other heavy duty tools entered the heavily fortified house and arrested several occupants. It is alleged those taken into custody were all associated with the same gang.
Police confirmed they had arrested three women aged 24, 31 and 53, and five men aged 19, 31, two aged 33 and a 35-year-old. Officers suspect them of drugs offences.
It follows the closure of three drug houses in Corby in 2010. Police raiding those houses made 15 arrests.
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dazontheraz
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 03:59 PM118 118 got your nb lol
Aliss
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 03:48 PMdazontheraz - it's about protection - you should be able to see clear unique numbers on the uniform as required for identifying individual officers. I'm not sure that it's technically illegal to obscure them, but the police really do insist that they're visible, and one of the measures of democracy and civilisation is that a police officer on duty can always be identified ("quis custodiet ipsos custodes" and all that)
dazontheraz
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 02:34 PMwhy are they wearing masks i thought it was only the bad guys that wore masks ? dressed to kill ? looks like something of a computer game or a judge dread movie all i can say is i wouldn't want to meet him in a dark ally with ma pants down
enemde
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 09:08 AMin the full report in the e.t. it was said that this was corbys last drug house. what makes the police think this? i am sure there are more that they dont know about. these scum will not just stop dealing overnight.
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