Durham dignitaries given grandstand view of raids
Jul 29 2009 by Neil McKay, The Journal
DURHAM Mayor Denis Southwell and police authority chairman Peter Thompson were among civic dignitaries given a grandstand view of a raid on a suspected drugs dealer yesterday.
They were taken by minibus to watch the raid at the terraced house in Front Street, Carrville, near Durham, at 7am.
Police smashed the front door in and raced upstairs before emerging 10 minutes later with a young man protesting his innocence. The raid was one of six carried out simultaneously at addresses on the outskirts of Durham.
Others were in Philip Avenue and Lawson Road, Bowburn; Churchill Square, Gilesgate; School Avenue in Kelloe, and Ramsay Close on the city’s Sherburn Road Estate.
Those arrested are suspected of dealing in heroin and crack cocaine in the bus station and pubs and clubs in North Road in Durham City. the district.
The raids resulted in the arrest of six men and one woman, aged from their 20s to 60s. Police are still looking for others.
Officers left "calling cards" at the houses they targeted, with large stickers informing neighbours each house had been subjected to a drugs raid.
