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X-ray machine used in Operation Montignac

01 March 2004

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At the end of April, more than 600 police officers took part the Metropolitan police's biggest drugs raids, in Newham, east London. The raids saw police officers, backed by officers from the SO19 firearms unit, search private homes, public houses and shops over a two-day period as part of Operation Montignac. Up to 30 people were arrested in the operation and 15 guns were reported to have been found as well as a quantity of crack cocaine, cash and mobile phones. Suspects were initially patted down in an inflatable tent before being walked through to a second tent and stood in front of a Rapiscan Secure 2000 x-ray machine. The Secure 2000 is an electronic imaging system used to detect concealed weapons by displaying a digital image on the operators computer screen. It operates by scanning the suspect with a narrow beam of x-rays, some of which penetrate a few millimetres into the body. The system is mainly used in the United States and some South American countries. It is only the second time the machine has been used and it is owned by the Police Scientific Development Branch.

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