Video footage: Police raid Lancashire home connected to 33 arrests and £6.6M drugs ring

This is the moment police raided a Fylde coast home connected to 33 arrests and a £6.6M drugs ring linked to Middle East and Asia. The video shared by Lancashire Police shows officers in protective clothing and armed with a battering ram breakdown the door to gain entry into the family home.

Once inside officers can be heard shouting: “Police, on the floor now. Get down on the floor. Put your hands behind your back. Do it now, do it now.”

A child’s highchair can be seen in the living room of the property.

The raid was part of Operation Warrior - an investigation into a drugs network worth more than £6.6M with international links to the Middle East and Asia.

33 people, ranging in age from just 20 to 61, from Blackpool, South Shore, Hambleton, Lytham, St Annes, Poulton and Cleveleys have been charged and remanded in custody.

Police said they also seized significant quantities of drugs, cash and weapons as part of the major operation in Blackpool and the Fylde coast.

Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Unit carried out an eight-month covert investigation and intercepted 17 people trying to smuggle of 171kg of cocaine and 297kg of cannabis, with a wholesale value of £6.6million.

The investigation formed part of Operation Warrior which uncovered the high-level importation of drugs into the UK and Lancashire market from a criminal network operating in the Middle East and Asia.

As a result of the operation, officers carried out a number of warrants across Blackpool and the Fylde coast across September and October 2026.

This has resulted in: 36 arrests; 33 people charged and remanded for conspiracy to supply controlled drugs; seizures of cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine; recovery of more than £100,000 in cash; various designer items including seven Rolex watches, gold bars and two vehicles seized and weapons including two machetes, various knuckle dusters, tasers and knives seized.

The Lancashire residents charged and remanded in custody are:

• John Lawless, 28/03/1991, of Angers Hill Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Mitchell Meredith, 02/11/2000, of Condor Grove, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Darren Meredith, 22/03/1966, of Thornber Grove, Blackpool. charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Samuel Robinson, 28/06/1987, of Caton Grove, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Jordan Wilkinson, 25/09/1991, of Gainsborough Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs and conspiracy to import Class B drugs;
• Steven Rhodes, 02/02/1984, of Peter Street, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Reece Fletcher, 15/01/1995, of Gainsborough Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Gurinder Singh, 13/05/1990, of Gainsborough Rd, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Rhys Taylor, 18/04/1999, of Pulling Crescent, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class B drugs;
• Bradley Turk, 27/04/2005, of Overdale Grove, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class B drugs;
• Charlie Polakovs, 09/12/2006, of Dinmore Avenue, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;

• Charlie Wood, 06/10/2000, of Newton Drive, Blackpool charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Callum Hunter, 28/04/1995, of Carr Lane, Hambleton charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Gareth Jolly, 01/05/1988, of Brun Grove, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Karen Eichner, 31/01/1967, of Chatsworth Avenue, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Mark Swindlehurst, 29/03/1993, of Hawes Side lane, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Gary Murphy, 19/04/1993, of Garnet Close, Poulton-le-Fylde, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Steven Allen, 23/12/1990, of no fixed abode, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Charlie Cocking, 27/12/1997, of Meadowcroft, St Annes, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Daniel Stride, 29/03/2002, of Talbot Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Kane McNaught, 28/02/1989, of Charnley Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;

• Deklan McSpirit, 19/01/1993, of St Davids Road North, St Annes, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Scott Walker, 30/08/1988, of Chapel Street, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Michael Gelling, 10/12/1987, of George Street, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Mason Edwards, 31/01/1995, of Plainmoor Drive, Cleveleys, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Simon Warburton, 22/04/1988, of St Martins Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Reece Kersey, 16/07/2002, of Tyne Avenue, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs;
• Jake Harker, 09/10/1995, of Lentworth Avenue, Blackpool charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs;
• Francis Cantley, 31/08/1997, of Kilmory Place, Blackpool, charged with money laundering;
• Courtney Finney, 29/11/2005, of Kilmory Place, Blackpool, charged with money laundering;
• Matthew Finney, 05/10/2003, of Kilmory Place, Blackpool, charged with money laundering;
• Sheree O’Callaghan, 13/12/1994, of Angers Hill Road, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs and money laundering;
• Steven Gallagher, 28/11/1964, of Kelso Avenue, Blackpool, charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs.

Det Insp Steve Montgomery, of the Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “The supply and use of drugs brings criminality and misery to our communities.

“Lancashire Police are committed to disrupting the supply of drugs in the county and will robustly investigate those involved.”