Police seized bolt cutters, a cannabis plant, and numerous phones while raiding a home after neighbours said their street had been turned into a “war zone”.
Hertfordshire Constabulary carried out a warrant at the address in Hemming Way, North Watford, yesterday morning (March 16), after two mopeds had previously been found there.
Although no arrests have been made at time of writing, police are set to interview a teenage boy over the seized items, which were related to alleged drugs, going equipped, and theft offences.
Watford MP Dean Russell was in attendance for the warrant, along with representatives from Watford Borough Council and Watford Community Housing.
The investigation is continuing and Watford Police shared two images of what they found.
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Earlier this month, the force had been called after chaos erupted in the road at around 8.10pm on March 6.
A local resident said he saw a boy run into a house followed by mopeds and cars "driving from everywhere".
"About 15 people started attacking the garden fence," he added. "Sticks were flying around, and someone picked up a metal pole."
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“It was like a war zone, it was terrifying – people were smashing up a house.
“There was shouting, you could hear it as clear as day.”
The man said the commotion lasted for about 15 minutes before roughly seven police cars arrived.
Officers then lined up the group of men and women along the fence, he said.
The group was detained by officers at the scene, and it was alleged a stolen moped was in the property’s garden.
At the time, Hertfordshire Constabulary confirmed the group tried to gain access to the house and a window was smashed before two stolen mopeds were then recovered by police.
The local resident described the raid yesterday as very "professional", adding that police came away from the property with multiple bags before speaking with neighbours to reassure them.
The operation, OP Quarter, was a Section 8 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 warrant.
PACE 1984, section 8 is among the most common powers used to obtain permission to search a property.
It is focussed on finding evidence of indictable offences.
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