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Ten arrested in dawn drug raids across Hackney and Tower Hamlets

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Sam Gelder

Published: 11:47 AM March 29, 2017    Updated: 10:41 AM October 14, 2020
Ten people were arrested across the two boroughs this morning.

Ten people were arrested across the two boroughs this morning.

Ten people were arrested in dawn drug raids across Hackney and Tower Hamlets today.

Officers, joined by the Met’s gang squad Trident, stormed 17 properties and seized drugs and cash.

The people were arrested on suspicion of a variety of offences, from conspiracy to supply drugs to money laundering, and taken into custody.

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