The raid was part of Operation Warrior to stamp down on organised and serious crime in Blackpool
POLICE - OPEN UP. Three words you'd naturally associate with a good police drama such as Line of Duty or Luther.
Being invited along by Lancashire Police as part of their new operation into tackling serious and organised crime, I was keen to find out how these sorts of things were conducted behind the scenes. Meeting at the main entrance of the West Division Police Headquarters on Gerry Richardson Way, I didn't know what the rest of my morning had in store for me.
As they filled the awaiting police vans, we were taking in a bog-standard police van, driven by one of the officers. We followed the vans in a convoy of vehicles to our targeted address and the nerves started kicking in too. Heading down with our photographer, we were both keen to learn from the experience and witness something we'd usually only write about. The reality of the situation was apparent and very different to what most of us experience with the police in our own lives.
The door of this property was made from a fairly weak PVC material and as the police opened it up, it effectively split in half and was particularly easy for them to get inside. The two slams into the door was followed by "POLICE", just as you'd expect to hear.
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