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| Officers treated after Birmingham drug raid | Officers treated after Birmingham drug raid |
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| Eight police officers and three suspects were taken to hospital after being overcome by an unknown substance during a drug raid in Birmingham. | Eight police officers and three suspects were taken to hospital after being overcome by an unknown substance during a drug raid in Birmingham. |
| The officers were executing a warrant at a house in Bordesley Green at about midnight, West Midlands Police said. | The officers were executing a warrant at a house in Bordesley Green at about midnight, West Midlands Police said. |
| Three men, aged 21, 27 and 34, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to possess a controlled drug with intent to supply. | Three men, aged 21, 27 and 34, are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to possess a controlled drug with intent to supply. |
| Officers seized a "large quantity" of suspected Class A drugs, police said. | Officers seized a "large quantity" of suspected Class A drugs, police said. |
| All 11 have since been released from hospital. | All 11 have since been released from hospital. |
| Breathing difficulties | Breathing difficulties |
| "Inquiries are ongoing to establish exactly what the liquid was, although early indications suggest it may have been petrol mixed with an illegal drug, possibly heroin," a police spokesman said. | "Inquiries are ongoing to establish exactly what the liquid was, although early indications suggest it may have been petrol mixed with an illegal drug, possibly heroin," a police spokesman said. |
| Fire crews assessed the scene, in Mill Burn Way, and established there was no further risk posed by the substance. | Fire crews assessed the scene, in Mill Burn Way, and established there was no further risk posed by the substance. |
| The house remains cordoned off and a number of road restrictions have since been lifted, police added. | |
| Both the officers and men arrested suffered sickness and breathing difficulties after being exposed to the substance. | Both the officers and men arrested suffered sickness and breathing difficulties after being exposed to the substance. |
| West Midlands Police was supporting officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), who executed the warrant in relation to illegal drugs. | West Midlands Police was supporting officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), who executed the warrant in relation to illegal drugs. |
| Officers from both Soca and the West Midlands force became ill, West Midlands Police said. | Officers from both Soca and the West Midlands force became ill, West Midlands Police said. |
| Ch Insp Lee Wharmby, from the force, said: "Events such as this always raise concern in communities, but I want to be clear that this is about drugs alone and not connected to terrorism." | Ch Insp Lee Wharmby, from the force, said: "Events such as this always raise concern in communities, but I want to be clear that this is about drugs alone and not connected to terrorism." |