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Police launch drugs crackdown at train station
4:01pm Thursday 29th November 2012 in News
Police launch drugs crackdown at train station
POLICE launched a crackdown on pushers bringing drugs into a Hampshire city today.
Hampshire Police and British Transport Police carried out the operation at Winchester Railway Station.
Twelve officers, six from each force, were at the scene with two sniffer dogs from 10am-2pm inspecting people at the gates.
There were 12 stop and searches with two street warnings given out for possession of cannabis.
It was part of a wider month-long anti-drugs operation, with the station targeted based on intelligence that drugs were being brought into Winchester by train.
PC Ian Dawson said: “Recently we have had good results in tackling the supply of drugs in and around Winchester and today we are acting on information we have been given on how the drugs are coming into the city.
“The operation is mainly to do with the supply of Class A drugs but the type of drug makes no difference to the dogs.”
They used a Springer Spaniel and black Labrador so as not to intimidate the public.
PC Dawson said: “These are ‘passive’ dogs rather than the big Alsatians and they are very well trained and easy to handle.
"The public have been very good and we have been explaining what we are doing and it’s all gone very well.”
Comments(13)
Inform Al
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4:39pm Thu 29 Nov 12
jugbad wrote:Diddums, worried about your supplies of smack drying up are you/
Sounds like a great way to waste money and police resources
Shoong
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5:08pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Inform Al wrote:If you can tell this person is a drug user just by a post then I suggest a brilliant career as a detective awaits. Anything else is wasted on you.
jugbad wrote:Diddums, worried about your supplies of smack drying up are you/
Sounds like a great way to waste money and police resources
userds5050
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5:54pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Inform Al wrote:Posting comments on a website is publishing. Be careful before libelling someone on here. Did you totally miss Leverson today? #Moron
jugbad wrote:Diddums, worried about your supplies of smack drying up are you/
Sounds like a great way to waste money and police resources
jugbad
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5:56pm Thu 29 Nov 12
rich the stitch
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6:12pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Shoong wrote:Ignor Inform Al, he's already said in a previous post that his only contact with drugs is dealing with wasted pot heads who smoke everyday and he can't distinguish between that and someone who has the odd joint every now and again. Just like saying the guy who likes a pint one a weekend is a alcoholic. I'm surprised he's not called you a cretin, he does everyone else.
Inform Al wrote:If you can tell this person is a drug user just by a post then I suggest a brilliant career as a detective awaits. Anything else is wasted on you.jugbad wrote: Sounds like a great way to waste money and police resourcesDiddums, worried about your supplies of smack drying up are you/
mack chinnon
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6:30pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Inform Al wrote:Nob.
jugbad wrote:Diddums, worried about your supplies of smack drying up are you/
Sounds like a great way to waste money and police resources
huckit P
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7:18pm Thu 29 Nov 12
peenut81
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10:25pm Thu 29 Nov 12
huckit P wrote:Drugs provide a respite from Capitalism the true scourge on life.
Excellent to see some proactive policing. They have my full support on this one. Drugs are a scourge on life.
The result of todays police activity?
Two more otherwise law abiding individuals have a police record. The crime? Victimless.
kingnotail
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10:46am Fri 30 Nov 12
userds5050
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11:10am Fri 30 Nov 12
peenut81 wrote:Er, they were let off with street warnings.
huckit P wrote:Drugs provide a respite from Capitalism the true scourge on life.
Excellent to see some proactive policing. They have my full support on this one. Drugs are a scourge on life.
The result of todays police activity?
Two more otherwise law abiding individuals have a police record. The crime? Victimless.
Shoong
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3:01pm Fri 30 Nov 12
peenut81 wrote:Is that you, Kev? Peter's bun chum..?
huckit P wrote:Drugs provide a respite from Capitalism the true scourge on life.
Excellent to see some proactive policing. They have my full support on this one. Drugs are a scourge on life.
The result of todays police activity?
Two more otherwise law abiding individuals have a police record. The crime? Victimless.
beiroot
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5:22pm Fri 30 Nov 12
jugbad says...
4:32pm Thu 29 Nov 12