TUESDAY OCTOBER 20th 2009
UEA’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
ISSUE 233
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THE FIVEWAYS: IT’S A RIOT Community tip-off to police prompts a forty officer drugs raid at The Fiveways pub. Two arrests made at the pub on conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after a three month investigation. Greg Mann
Joey Millar
NEWS
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Norfolk Police conducted a major drugs raid at The Fiveways pub on Friday 9th October at around 6.30pm.
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many of whom were equipped with dogs.
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dog while a specialist forensic team searched the pub for a number of
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swabbing equipment.
TRAVEL
searching for any licensing breaches. pub was becoming busy with patrons week.
contacted the police pledging his full complaints from members of the
anything like that was going on around DRUGS PROBLEM
as The Fiveways was completely
have been sold inside the pub.”
this close to us”.
should send out a message to the public that we take any reports of
name as Sinead but preferred to country. with a drug problem (0.85%) is at least
that a Bronze Commander Mick Brown Germany (0.3%) and Holland (0.3%).
the reason for the raid.
including pool balls or glasses.
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION The raid followed a three month
without any violence. A 30-year old woman and a 46-
that cocaine had been dealt within the pub.
In
towards the then-closed pub. The Fiveways reopened Saturday
revealed that in 2004 there were over
they have since been released on bail
student who visited the pub during
lack of noise reducers. The owner
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FOOD
The closure was due to the ongoing during the raid a number of licence breaches were discovered in the pub.
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roads were blocked by motorcycle convoy quick access to the pub. Safer neighbourhood teams spent
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and over 270 arrested for possession of Class A drugs. 29 people died in drug-related incidents in Norfolk that year.
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