FOUR people were arrested after police raided a Boscombe premises suspected to be involved in the supply of class A drugs.

A convoy of five marked police cars attended Windsor Road on Thursday morning as part of Operation Viper, where they woke the residents of a flat and arrested them on suspicion of possession with intent to supply.

Officers found large quantities of class A drugs as well as mobile phones and cash at the property.

Bournemouth Echo:

Chief Constable Scott Chilton and Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick attended the raid which was led by Inspector Nick Lee.

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Inspector Lee said he was “really happy” with how the operation went.

He told the Daily Echo: “We’ve executed the two warrants safely, no officers were injured, subjects have been detained inside.

“A search has been conducted and a quantity of drugs have been located. We are going to do a more thorough search and we want to reassure residents of our presence here, make sure they feel safe and make sure they understand why we’re here.

“The neighbourhood enforcement team are now within the BCP area and we’re working alongside our neighbourhood teams to make sure our communities are safe and our offenders are brought to justice.

“None of us want county lines drug dealing in this location and we are going to work our utmost to get a grip of it.”

Bournemouth Echo:

Officers met at Bournemouth Police Station for a briefing prior to convoying to the location.

Police immediately jumped out of the vans on arrival, entered the building and searched the two flats.

Inside they found four people sleeping, all of whom have now been arrested, as well as drugs, cash and phones.

Shouting could be heard from outside the building, before officers walked the handcuffed suspects to the waiting police van.

Bournemouth Echo:

Inspector Lee continued: “There’s a huge amount of planning that goes into an operation like this.

“The suspects were surprised. We weren’t met with any resistance, officers are highly trained in personal safety and had quite clear directions to make sure we had control of those subjects.

“We’ve always got to try stay one step ahead, that’s part of what we do, sometimes we land it, sometimes we don’t.

“We will be conducting a more thorough search of the address with the drugs dog and we’ll seize the evidence, take suspects to custody and interview them and look at where the evidence takes us.”