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Uk Police Mistake Leads To Raid On Nigerian Diplomat’s Home by heryyy(m): 2:57pm On Jun 29, 2010
Police detectives have admitted they raided the home of the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, in search of drugs, after mistaking the heat given off by a heating system for the tell-tale signs of a cannabis factory.

The officers searched the home of Mr. Tafida after a police helicopter, using thermal imaging equipment, spotted what was described as a higher than normal heat signature in the roof of the property, mistaking the heat plume as a sign that the property had been converted into a cannabis factory.

Drugs farms often use high-powered lights, which give off huge amounts of heat to aid the growth of the illegal crop. A warrant was obtained to search the residence in Hendon Way, Hendon, but the officers traced the heat source to the building's central heating system.

A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a warrant to search for cannabis plants was executed at a home in north London on June 17, by officers acting on information from a Met unit. There were no drugs found and no arrests made. Further enquiries traced the heat source to the heating system."

A spokesman for the Nigerian High Commission, addressing journalists, stated that although the operation could have been interpreted as a violation of diplomatic conventions, the High Commission would not be taking the matter to the "extreme". He added: "We accept the explanation the helicopter detected something, but that these things don't necessarily work with fine precision."

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Re: Uk Police Mistake Leads To Raid On Nigerian Diplomat’s Home by tunnytox(m): 3:10pm On Jun 29, 2010
LMAO! I wonder if they can make the same mistake to raid the house of US high commssion or may be Russia's or even Iran,
Re: Uk Police Mistake Leads To Raid On Nigerian Diplomat’s Home by Jairzinho(m): 6:00pm On Jun 29, 2010
heryyy:


Police detectives have admitted they raided the home of the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, in search of drugs, after mistaking the heat given off by a heating system for the tell-tale signs of a cannabis factory.

The officers searched the home of Mr. Tafida after a police helicopter, using thermal imaging equipment, spotted what was described as a higher than normal heat signature in the roof of the property, mistaking the heat plume as a sign that the property had been converted into a cannabis factory.

Drugs farms often use high-powered lights, which give off huge amounts of heat to aid the growth of the illegal crop. A warrant was obtained to search the residence in Hendon Way, Hendon, but the officers traced the heat source to the building's central heating system.

A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a warrant to search for cannabis plants was executed at a home in north London on June 17, by officers acting on information from a Met unit. There were no drugs found and no arrests made. Further enquiries traced the heat source to the heating system."

A spokesman for the Nigerian High Commission, addressing journalists, stated that although the operation could have been interpreted as a violation of diplomatic conventions, the High Commission would not be taking the matter to the "extreme". He added: "We accept the explanation the helicopter detected something, but that these things don't necessarily work with fine precision."

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5585259-147/story.csp
Naija house of commotion. . .this made my day ! grin grin grin
Re: Uk Police Mistake Leads To Raid On Nigerian Diplomat’s Home by Meddler(f): 6:51pm On Jun 29, 2010
How convenient. Well that's what we get. and you're right they would not have made that same mistake on a Chinese diplomats house. Not to think about a US diplomats house. But that's Niaja for us.

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