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Birmingham Police live-tweet raid

On the morning of 24th March 2011 West Midlands Police live-tweeted a drugs raid they carried out in Aston. This is the archive of their tweets and questions they answered.

  1. brumpolice
    All officers are being fully briefed on address, suspect and method of entry. Very thorough. #OpAlliance
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  2. brumpolice
    Deputy Chief Constable Thompson is also at briefing to observe and give a quick pep-talk to officers...
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  4. brumpolice
    A man has been detained at the scene. Believed to be related to suspect. Officers are speaking with him now. An extensive search begins...
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  6. brumpolice
    Two officers are standing outside the property keeping guard / offering reassurance. #OpAlliance http://t.co/ob7evER
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  9. brumpolice
    @mariancleary no the deputy chief has come along to show support for #OpAlliance and see how officers in the area are working.
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  10. brumpolice
    Downstairs search continuing, shed thoroughly searched. Officers wear gloves so as to not compromise evidence... http://t.co/2MPfmAS
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  11. brumpolice
    No drugs so far but officers have found some interesting intelligence that could suggest large scale dealing. #OpAlliance
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  12. brumpolice
    This is what happens when our red metal door enforcer (NIGEL) meets a secure UPVC door! #OpAlliance http://t.co/Iw5QGab
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  13. mariancleary
    @brumpolice Looking at the pics - aren't there privacy issues here? That's someone's home! Not being critical. Just interested. :-)
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  14. brumpolice
    @mariancleary we are not identifying the house number or street name with our photos. Thank you for your question though!
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  15. brumpolice
    Remnants of suspected Cannabis has been found inside a very large clear bag alongside a couple of other empty large clear bags 3ft across.
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  16. lylebignon
    @brumpolice Do you have a press officer with you on these tweeting missions to do the honours or does an officer have to multi task?
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