I've never seen anything like this... there are roughly 40 odd police, including 15 plainclothed and 10 armed police in body armour doing a systematic raid on Aylmer, Gifford and possibly the other blocs on the Trafalgar Estate. There are some people in handcuffs, a guy up on the gallery with his hands on his head and police officers knocking door to door. Some are carrying submachine guns, others look more regular. They're telling passers-by to get past quickly.
There are no police cars in sight, and I didn't realise anything was up until the local dogs started making a racket.
Now they're going through the wheely bins - what might they find there?
I wonder what this is in aid of? Is it a targetted drugs raid, or a general clampdown? The officers have entered more than one property. One flat has just ejected around 10 armour clad officers.
More to follow...
Update 00:15: Apparently it's part of Operation Blunt 2, a Londonwide initiative to reduce gang and knife crime. The BBC ran a story this afternoon and the Newshopper have their take on raids in Bromley, Bexley and Lewisham this morning.
I don't know how successful the raids in Greenwich were, but they certainly didn't look like they were out to win the hearts and minds of the local community. Still, if it scares potentially wayward kids as much as it scares me, maybe it could do some good.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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