Police storm the Block, hunting its scourge
Jordan Baker; 1/5/08
Even for residents of the Block it was dramatic. More than 100 police, some in bulletproof vests, descended on the Redfern streets and stormed the crumbling houses with guns drawn as they hunted 30 heroin dealers. Redfern police collected names and photographs during a six-week undercover operation, in which they did 59 drug deals. Yesterday 17 people - not all of whom were on the police list - were arrested, including 11 women and teenage boys. “It was scary,” said one woman, who has lived in Eveleigh Street for 20 years. “We were worried about the kids in those houses. There were that many police. They surrounded the whole block. They came from everywhere. I haven’t seen anything like it.”
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Drugs