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| Apology over raid on family home | 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. | Police on Tyneside have apologised to a university lecturer after riot officers mistakenly raided his family home. |
| Dr Ike-Elechi Ogba said his wife and three young children were traumatised when officers broke down the door of his Newcastle home. | |
| The Northumbria University lecturer said he was handcuffed and told to "shut his mouth and co-operate" while officers searched for drugs. | |
| Northumbria Police said they had received incorrect intelligence. | Northumbria Police said they had received incorrect intelligence. |
| Dr Ogba said: "I was like 'who are you, what do you want, what are you doing here?'. | |
| "And before I could finish saying it they held my hands and put handcuffs on me. | |
| The family said there was a big bang at the door | |
| "And that's when it dawned on me because they were all shouting. And I don't know what they were saying." | |
| His wife Faith Ike-Elechi said there was a big bang at the door. | |
| She said: "I literally began to shake. I was... in panic." | |
| The raid was one of a number being carried out by the force to close down cannabis factories. | |
| "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. |