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| Apology over raid on family home | |
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| Police on Tyneside have apologised to a university lecturer after riot officers mistakenly raided his family home. | |
| Dr Ike Ogba said his wife and three young children were traumatised when officers earlier broke down the door of his Newcastle home. | |
| The Northumbria University lecturer said he was handcuffed and told to "shut his mouth and cooperate" while officers searched for drugs. | |
| Northumbria Police said they had received incorrect intelligence. | |
| The raid was one of a number being carried out by the force to close down cannabis farms. | |
| "Unfortunately it appears that on this occasion the intelligence we had received was incorrect and the family have no connection whatsoever with this police operation," the force said in a statement. | "Unfortunately it appears that on this occasion the intelligence we had received was incorrect and the family have no connection whatsoever with this police operation," the force said in a statement. |
| "We have already apologised to them in person and are doing everything we can to address what was a genuine mistake made by officers acting with the best of intentions." | "We have already apologised to them in person and are doing everything we can to address what was a genuine mistake made by officers acting with the best of intentions." |
| Dr Ogba, who has three children under the age of 10, is a senior lecturer in marketing management at the university's business school. | Dr Ogba, who has three children under the age of 10, is a senior lecturer in marketing management at the university's business school. |