12 arrested in drug raids across city
Police have been knocking down doors across the city in an offensive to crack down on drug dealers.
Acting on tip-offs, officers from the Community Copshop, neighbourhood police teams, Hull's pro-active team and special constables have been executing search warrants.
Thirteen homes in all parts of the city have been raided since the operation started on Monday morning.
Twelve arrests for possession of controlled drugs have been made – and the operation is not over yet.
The Mail spent yesterday morning with officers as they raided a house off Anlaby Park Road, west Hull
After a briefing at Pickering Park police station, more than a dozen officers kitted themselves out and drove in convoy to two addresses opposite Costello Park.
A synchronised raid saw doors simultaneously smashed in before sniffer dogs and searches were carried out.
Although neither house turned out any illegal substances, a teenager admitted to using cocaine and signed up to a drug rehabilitation program.
Sergeant Nigel Ling, of the Copshop, said: "An important part of neighbourhood policing is to reduce anti-social behaviour connected to drug abuse.
"This operation will allow police and partner agencies to respond to community intelligence and target the dealers who cause users to gravitate into communities and become involved in crime."
Any information about drug dealing can be passed to the police on 0845 6060222 or the Citysafe Drug Action Team by calling (01482) 300300.










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by LUCIE, EAST YORKS
Monday, March 22 2010, 3:23AM
“ERR.....MS LOFT...ARE YOU AN EXPERT?? THINK YOU'LL FIND ALL INFO RE DRUGS COMES FROM THE PUBLIC AND TIP OFF... SO IF THE POLICE RAID THE WRONG HOUSE ITS DOWN TO THE INFO GIVEN NOT THE OFFICERS!! GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT !!!!”
by DPJ, Hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 8:37PM
“Someone high as a kite on weed poses no threat to me, but at the end of the day, no-one is chasing the individual here. This is organised crime, where people are exploiting individuals trafficked into the UK for nefarious purposes, and they don't care whether they live or die, so long as they run their "business" which, in these cases is cannabis factories.
Of course, I am sure most of you think that it's ok, cos it's "just a bit of weed" and "just a bit of someone else's electricity"... but at the end of the day, whatever the bigger picture, and the pros and cons... it's *against the law* and those who break the law should be punished if caught. That's the way it's always been. But the concepts of right and wrong are things that Hull folk seem to find very hard to grasp!”
by Glenroy, Hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 7:09PM
“kellie, hull .Well done ! Your life must be a lot better now. Im sure the police do work very close to users,once these user losers end up in the cells,they will soon be naming names so they can get bailed for the next fix or hassle people for cash and all the other sad things they do (you know what I mean?).”
by kellie, hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 6:38PM
“Paul, Hedon
I am a recovering heroin addict, i have been clean from heroin for 2 yrs now and i finished my methadone course 11months ago. Addiction is an illness. Addicts need help and support not boot camp! The police need to work closer with addicts to get results (ie, a user always knows a dealer).”
by Jonneh, Hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 12:34PM
“It must be great to wake up and find the police knocking your front door down only to find that you don't deal drugs or have any in your house!!
What a waste of police time and resources.....”
by Glenroy, Hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 12:28PM
“Well done to the police for disrupting the scum who blight our communities with class A drugs, the users of these type of drugs are a *uc**** menace to many people. Of course the police will fail to find drugs in some of their raids,but they try their hardest to catch these vermin redhanded,its the courts that let us down with stupid sentences and drug workers who hand out needles willy nilly which only encourages more drug use. Give them nothing and let them rot.”
by Paul, Hedon
Thursday, March 11 2010, 12:24PM
“Pete, HULL. the difference with smoking is that smokers do not commit crime to fund their habit, or have methadone courses and some smokers dont also live of the social state, but pay towards their health care. There is a huge difference. Your ignorance about how bad heroin effects peoples live, their families and those around them is clear to see. Smoking is bad, I agree but has no similarities to heroin abuse. If only the general public realised how much it cost the tax payer to keep drug abusers, rent, medical care, crime and all the other social state benefits. Class A drugs is bad, nothing can defend it or the people who pedal it for whatever finacial gain”
by Ranter, Hull.
Thursday, March 11 2010, 12:22PM
“Might just be me, but I find drunks clutching cans of strong lager are more of a potential threat than somebody high as a kite on weed.”
by philip, Hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 12:09PM
“ms loft, or whatever your supid name is, your right about one thig, better intelligence is needed, but that comes from us, the public, not the police fault if the info is rubbish from tip offs is it. And with 12 arrests so far, not such a waste of time is it. Not every raid is going to reveal a Mr Big is it, thats the way of things,”
by Pete, hull
Thursday, March 11 2010, 11:50AM
“More deaths and massive costs related to alcohol abuse.
Smoking illnesses cost many times more than for drug abuse, can we expect the same rhetoric about those drugs as we have for the minority drugs of heroin and other "illegal" drugs.”