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Article: Strathclyde police arrest 38 in biggest ever drug swoop
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- May 19, 1998
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IN the biggest single enforcement operation in the history of
Strathclyde police, detectives and uniformed officers seized enough
heroin for 7,000 drug deals yesterday in a series of dawn raids.
About GBP 500,000 of drugs and stolen property were seized after
more than 200 officers were drafted in for Operation Caesar. Thirty-
eight people were put behind bars - the most arrested in such raids.
The raids, which were concentrated in the north and south of
Glasgow, took weeks of surveillance and planning. Police said that
last night more arrests would follow soon.
The officer who co-ordinated the operation said: "We have put a
large dent in the activities of the dealers and saved lives in our ...