Armed police swoop on town centre (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Armed police swoop on town centre

3:43pm Friday 27th June 2008

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ARMED officers swooped on Basingstoke town centre this afternoon as part of an operation targeting drug dealers.

The high profile operation which has been running since yesterday, is being carried out by officers from the North and East Hampshire operational command unit and specialist operations units, including the roads policing unit, force support unit, tactical firearms support unit and the dog support unit.

For more on this story see your Monday Gazette.

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