Title

Police crackdown against Yardies

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Twenty people have been arrested in a major police crackdown against the violent criminal syndicate known as the Yardies. More than sixty police officers raided a drinking club at Clapton Way in East London early this morning and seized large quantities of drugs, money and lethal weapons. Janice Sutherland reports; includes an interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Ramm.

Contributors

Janice Sutherland; Roy Ramm

Keywords

Crime; Police; Immigration; Violence; Illegal drugs; Policing practice; Weapons; African-Caribbean peoples; Clubs

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