Crackdown!
Cops show force in North Richmond drug raid
More than 200 agents from the FBI, Contra Costa Sheriff's Office and Richmond Police Department raided more than a dozen homes in and around unincorporated North Richmond early today to crack down on drug trade.
Authorities executed 13 search warrants and were seeking 11 people on federal drug warrants. In a large show of force, SWAT teams entered several houses at Fifth Street and Market Avenue, using flash-bang grenades to clear rooms.
The 10 a.m. raid also targeted corner markets that are hot spots where much of North Richmond's street-level drug dealing occurs.
County sheriff's Lt. Kitty Parker said the raid is part of her agency's continuous efforts to manage street dealings and to be visible.
"We're dedicated to cleaning this place up," she said. "When we come to serve these warrants we're not just hitting the houses, we're also going to the corners."
The action was the second large raid involving federal authorities this year.
-- Karl Fischer
More than 200 agents from the FBI, Contra Costa Sheriff's Office and Richmond Police Department raided more than a dozen homes in and around unincorporated North Richmond early today to crack down on drug trade.
Authorities executed 13 search warrants and were seeking 11 people on federal drug warrants. In a large show of force, SWAT teams entered several houses at Fifth Street and Market Avenue, using flash-bang grenades to clear rooms.
The 10 a.m. raid also targeted corner markets that are hot spots where much of North Richmond's street-level drug dealing occurs.
County sheriff's Lt. Kitty Parker said the raid is part of her agency's continuous efforts to manage street dealings and to be visible.
"We're dedicated to cleaning this place up," she said. "When we come to serve these warrants we're not just hitting the houses, we're also going to the corners."
The action was the second large raid involving federal authorities this year.
-- Karl Fischer
posted by Plunda Claus @ 3:28 PM
2 Comments:
At October 25, 2006 9:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yahoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clean up those streets get those drug dealers locked up!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!
Hoooorayy!!!!!!!!!
At October 26, 2006 12:23 AM,
Anonymous said…
Peace on the streets of Richmond through superior fire-power!
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