Riot following drugs raid in Wolverhampton

Title

Riot following drugs raid in Wolverhampton

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:43

Description

Tony Attwater reports on a riot in Wolverhampton which police believe may have been caused by rival drug dealers in the West Midlands. 20 people were arrested after a police raid on The Travellers Rest pub in Wolverhampton Road, Heathtown. Includes interviews with West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable, Paul Leopold; Superintendent Bob Morris, head of West Midlands Drugs Squad. (Poss. broadcast on Mercia Sound).

Contributors

Tony Attwater; Paul Leopold; Bob Morris; Mercia Sound?

Keywords

Police; Drugs; Riots; Illegal drugs; Cocaine; Public houses; Wolverhampton

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