14/02/2008 00:00:00
UK: Police in Fifth Lancing Cafe Raid
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POLICE raided Lancing's cannabis cafe for a fifth time this afternoon
(Thursday) - after the mortgage company went to seize possession of the
building.
After bailiffs spent two hours outside the heavily reinforced building
knocking on the door to take possession after the owner had defaulted on
the mortgage payments, police got a search warrant and began knocking
out the frame of the steel-reinforced front door, which is surrounded by
stacks of tyres concreted into the ground.
They then smashed three glass windows which were covered in razor wire
before people inside opened the door and let them in.
As officers started searching four people inside and looking for drugs,
it emerged that a last minute payment had been received by the mortgage
company from the owner, which it had accepted. Possession of the
building is now back with the owner.
Last Wednesday afternoon, police raided the Freshbrook Road café, taking
15 minutes to gain entry. Two people who had earlier been arrested for
possession of cannabis after leaving the building later received cautions.
These followed three previous raids on the building, including one in
July last year when officers smashed their way into the cafe using a
battering ram on the door and an angle grinder to cut a hole through the
reinforced brick wall.
During the second raid in October, a tractor was used to pull out a window.
Watch VIDEO of police raid here
http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/shoreham-news/Breaking-news-Police-in-fifth.3780818.jp
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=13284
Author:
Shoreham Herald via UKCIA
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