Addresses in north and east London have been raided by police as a part of a year-long multi-force medication operation.
Officers from six police forces across the nation executed 29 warrants on the morning of Wednesday, March 24 to arrest people suspected of being concerned in the sale and distribution of Class A and B medication.
Approximately £150,000 in cash was seized as a part of the raids which noticed 20 addresses raided across London.
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Around £150,000 cash, 20 kilograms of heroin, crack and hashish and a suspected firearm have been seized in complete.
Ten of the warrants have been executed in Hackney, two in Redbridge, one in Barking, one in Romford and one in Islington.
Sixteen individuals, aged between 25 and 43, have been arrested and taken into custody.
Sixteen individuals have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to produce Class A and B medication.
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The arrests have been on suspicion of conspiracy to produce Class A and B medication; a kind of detained has additionally been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm.
Detective Inspector Tom Pearse, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, stated: “The provide and distribution of medication would not comprise itself inside the M25.
“It’s a fluid and poisonous commodity that leaks out into the Home Counties and past, typically leaving a path of violence in its wake.”
Officers from the Met, Kent Police, Essex Police, Avon and Somerset Police, Devon and Cornwall Police and Police Scotland executed 29 warrants on the morning of Wednesday, March 24.
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