Silence. And then the calmness of the dark, chilly morning is punctured by the deafening boom of a battering ram repeatedly smashing into the reinforced front door of a suspect linked to a drug laboratory conspiracy believed to be one of the largest the UK has ever seen.

At 7am on the dot, teams from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) carried out a series of coordinated raids across Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton , targeting a local gang suspected of the production and supply of class A and B drugs . Just minutes later, eight of the targeted 10 suspects were in handcuffs and awaiting transportation to custody.

The ECHO joined one team as they executed a warrant at a flat in Prescot on Thursday morning. Travelling in convoy in a police carrier, the ECHO fol

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