Newsbeat Daily
MEMBERS of a Vietnamese gang suspected of peddling drugs have been arrested by the force during a Birmingham city centre club raid in the early hours of this morning (12 November).
28 people were arrested in the raid this morning. Image used is a library image
Officers stormed Club DV8 in Lower Essex Street just after midnight and arrested a total of 28 people for various drugs offences including supply, possession and cultivation.
Ten were found to be in the country illegally – having overstayed visas or covertly entering the UK – and have been detained by the UK Border Agency pending their removal to Vietnam.
And a 22-year-old man picked up during of the operation is now being questioned by detectives in connection with a drugs-related shooting at an address in Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston, last September.
Read more on this story in our press release.
The force’s Drugs Investigation Team worked in partnership with the UK Border Agency on the warrant – find out more about what they do and how they can help in officers’ day-to-day dealings with the production of cannabis in the region, visit their intranet site.
