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11:55am Friday 19th March 2010 in
POLICE raided towerblocks in Southend town centre this morning in search of Class A drugs.
About 40 officers flooded into Pennine flats and Chiltern flats, in Coleman Street, and Quantock flats in Chichester Road, along with a team of sniffer dogs.
They arrived at about 10am before searching communal areas on every floor for heroin and crack cocaine. No drugs were found during the operation but it is hoped the dealers will have been dsirupted from their activity.
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mister strides
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12:47pm Fri 19 Mar 10
mister strides
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12:48pm Fri 19 Mar 10
mister strides wrote:'roers' should read 'rozzers' - apols for error
why the roers thought they'd find anything naughty going on there is beyond me as it was reported in this inglorious rag a few days ago that there was no drug problem in Southend any more.......
Nebs
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1:46pm Fri 19 Mar 10
mister strides wrote:So true, lol. You have to wonder if the drug dealers are one step ahead of the police.
why the roers thought they'd find anything naughty going on there is beyond me as it was reported in this inglorious rag a few days ago that there was no drug problem in Southend any more.......
Bernard Manning
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2:00pm Fri 19 Mar 10
magicman10
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4:33pm Fri 19 Mar 10
Bernard Manning wrote:I would hope that you reported this? What with the constant criticism of the drug problem in the area from many people I would hope that if anyone does witness anything like this that they do report it to the Police. It is intelligence like this that enables them to conduct these raids and disrupt the dealers.
A drug dealer was operating at the junction of Wimborne Road and Sutton Road as I walked into Sutton Road from Guildford Road yesterday at about 1.00 PM. A white man about 5’6” with dark hair and wearing a black quilted jacket and jeans took a small wrap from a Somali. The Somali then returned to his flat above the shops and the white guy went back into the Guildford Pub. Trouble is things like that are everyday occurrences in this area. If people are going to want drugs somebody is going to supply them.
bytheway
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5:04pm Fri 19 Mar 10
southendmechanic
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8:19pm Fri 19 Mar 10
magicman10 wrote:they raided the flat above the shop the other day with armed police after the gun incident in sutton road.
Bernard Manning wrote: A drug dealer was operating at the junction of Wimborne Road and Sutton Road as I walked into Sutton Road from Guildford Road yesterday at about 1.00 PM. A white man about 5’6” with dark hair and wearing a black quilted jacket and jeans took a small wrap from a Somali. The Somali then returned to his flat above the shops and the white guy went back into the Guildford Pub. Trouble is things like that are everyday occurrences in this area. If people are going to want drugs somebody is going to supply them.I would hope that you reported this? What with the constant criticism of the drug problem in the area from many people I would hope that if anyone does witness anything like this that they do report it to the Police. It is intelligence like this that enables them to conduct these raids and disrupt the dealers.
westcliff-on-mushypeas
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9:31pm Fri 19 Mar 10
perini
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10:54pm Fri 19 Mar 10
southendmechanic wrote:Foolish boy!! - there is NO problem, don't you read the paper? Southend police says so!!!!
magicman10 wrote:they raided the flat above the shop the other day with armed police after the gun incident in sutton road. Southend council just granted a off leicence permission to open in welfares old electrical shop over the road from the guilford with no pbjection from the police how can they allow a late night shop to open in a parade of shops which has this problem on the door step ??Bernard Manning wrote: A drug dealer was operating at the junction of Wimborne Road and Sutton Road as I walked into Sutton Road from Guildford Road yesterday at about 1.00 PM. A white man about 5’6” with dark hair and wearing a black quilted jacket and jeans took a small wrap from a Somali. The Somali then returned to his flat above the shops and the white guy went back into the Guildford Pub. Trouble is things like that are everyday occurrences in this area. If people are going to want drugs somebody is going to supply them.I would hope that you reported this? What with the constant criticism of the drug problem in the area from many people I would hope that if anyone does witness anything like this that they do report it to the Police. It is intelligence like this that enables them to conduct these raids and disrupt the dealers.
livelyred
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11:37am Sat 20 Mar 10
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anon anon says...
12:23pm Fri 19 Mar 10