[07 SEP 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Police Swoop In Armed Raid Hunt

Several people were in police custody today following an early morning raid in connection with firearms offences in the Stoke Aldermoor area of Coventry.

Detectives and uniformed officers from Chace Avenue executed search warrants in The Boxhill at 6am.

Three men and a woman were awaiting interview after being taken into custody at the scene.

The operation was launched following a series of incidents in the Stoke Aldermoor area in recent weeks.

Police have been investigating an armed robbery on a post office van on 21 August, an incident at the Sphinx club on 27 August and a raid a Victoria Wines on 3 September.

DI Maggie Evans said:

“The operation should send a clear message to offenders that police are acting positively action to clamp down on armed criminality in Coventry.”