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Highland Cops (2023) Season 3 Episode 7 - Sailing Towards Danger
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00:00The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is Britain's biggest beat.
00:07I'm injured with a car on fire.
00:10I've got three wounded persons.
00:13It is really easy to underestimate the Highlands.
00:16Patrolling 12,000 square miles of mountains, lochs and islands.
00:22We're going to need a launch to be able to go out and get this body lifted.
00:27And searching for suspects deep in the wilderness.
00:32The Highland cops must go above and beyond to protect their communities.
00:38We realised it was human remains, so we came back down and phoned the police.
00:42I think in the Highlands, the blue line is very thin.
00:45Tackling traditional rural crimes.
00:47It's absolutely related with shotgun pellet.
00:50It's clear evidence that these birds are being persecuted.
00:53And crimes that plague the nation.
00:57Oh, good effort.
01:00Bags of a white crystalline powder.
01:02If you're getting one person off the street, then it's like you've done your job.
01:07This series goes inside the UK's most distinctive police force.
01:12We are close, we live in close-knit communities.
01:14Alright, let's go.
01:15We look out for each other.
01:17To find out what it takes to walk the beach.
01:20There's monkeys, there's parrots.
01:22It's all completely a lot of our comfort zone.
01:25And keep the peace.
01:26You just threatened to kill it.
01:27You said you were going to strangle it.
01:29In some of the most beautiful and wild places in the UK.
01:4625 miles west of mainland Scotland lies one of N Division's most far-flung beats.
01:53Lewis and Harris in the Western Isles.
01:57Growing up in the Western Isles was great.
02:03It's a small, very close-knit community.
02:09I decided to join the police having observed my father working as a police officer in the Western Isles.
02:15I saw how rewarding it was for him.
02:20And with my family all living here, I'm very invested into making our community as safe as possible.
02:27Especially having young children in the community.
02:32Detective Sergeant Daniel Smith is part of the Western Isles CID.
02:37And much of his work involves combating the influx of illegal drugs.
02:42Because although Lewis is more than two and a half hours by ferry from the mainland,
02:47these island communities are increasingly being targeted by dealers from other parts of the UK.
02:54I think drugs have always been present in communities, rural communities such as our own.
02:59However, certainly over the past decade, there has been a rise in drug supply activity.
03:08But also the drugs that are available are of a more serious nature.
03:14And appears to be readily available to people across all age groups.
03:21That often involves children in early secondary school.
03:24Today, Daniel and the team are about to execute a warrant on a property in the island's main town, Stornoway.
03:36Specific people have attended the address and purchased drugs.
03:40And these are people that are all well known to us for their addiction issues and what have you.
03:45What we're looking for today is any controlled substances in the property.
03:50In particular, cannabis.
03:52And anything else that would indicate that anybody at the home address is involved in the supply of controlled drugs.
03:59What I'd ask is if you do find anything of significance, let me know.
04:02I can come and photograph it in situ and then we can record it properly.
04:05Alright then, let's go.
04:19So the female that we are going to visit with this warrant today, myself and other officers have had previous encounters with her.
04:27The address we're going to is just two minutes from the police station.
04:33There's been a lot of activity at the address.
04:38The intelligence indicated that the primary customers of this individual were young teenagers.
04:49It's not what we want for our children and I think we have a responsibility to enforce drug laws and to stop people in their tracks.
04:56If they are carrying out a drug supply operation from their home.
05:06As the police arrive at the address, Daniel spots the woman they're after outside the house, alongside a teenage boy.
05:14Hello, are you me? Hello. I'm Daniel, I'm from the police and this is my colleague Davey.
05:20We've got our warrant to search the address.
05:23Search the address?
05:24Are we able to come inside and I'll explain more?
05:28While the teenager is searched, the woman shows Daniel and the team inside.
05:34She seems keen to help.
05:36I've briefly spoken with Amy, the female occupant. She's indicated to me that she doesn't want us to stay in her part of the house.
05:46She does have cannabis in the address and she will basically tell us where it is.
05:50You have obviously indicated to me as soon as we come into the kitchen, there's a bag in there that's worth our attention.
05:57We do also have to search your address, okay?
05:59I appreciate you being really quite upfront and honest with us, so that is appreciated.
06:03And like I said, we'll try and make things as smooth for you as possible.
06:06People we come across will try and deter us from carrying out a very thorough search by providing us with something as soon as we walk in the door.
06:16That's quite a lot. Right.
06:21Looking at it, it is clearly herbal cannabis.
06:24Yeah, I mean, you're talking like decent quantity there.
06:32That's not possession quantities at all.
06:35It's pretty undetectable unless you were to actually see it.
06:39It's right here and I can smell a thing off it.
06:41We'll obviously test that when we go back to the station, but yeah, I think with everything else we know, we're quite confident that that's what this is.
06:49The packages are around a kilogram in weight and if this is indeed cannabis, they could be worth 5,000 pounds.
06:57Substantial evidence to emerge so early into the search, but Daniel is keen to find out what else might be hidden in the house.
07:05I'll probably get you guys to start upstairs, me and Donnie will do the kitchen and we'll move towards the living room.
07:09My first observation is there's a big safe here. So, is that it?
07:36Is that it? Doesn't look like a safe key.
07:40Continuing to cooperate, the woman gives him the code for the safe.
07:45I'll go safe 5.
07:57We've got cash in the safe.
07:58Yes.
07:59There's these things here.
08:00Yes.
08:01That's what you just caught the boy outside.
08:02Yeah.
08:03Yeah.
08:04That's really good.
08:06Inside the safe, there's cash and some pre-rolled cannabis joints.
08:14I've never seen online. I've never experienced before. This is something I've never seen before.
08:18They come pre-rolled and packaged and sealed.
08:21It'll be interesting to know the strength of them.
08:271, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13.
08:32Oh, fucking.
08:331,320 in 20s.
08:35Yep.
08:36Do we know that somewhere?
08:37Yep.
08:39This amount of cash, married with the amount of herbal cannabis appears to be downstairs.
08:46That would certainly be evidence to me or indicate to me that this person is well and truly involved in supplying cannabis.
08:51The suspected drugs and money will be seized, but there's more to search.
08:58Daniel needs to establish how big any drug supply operation is that's being run from this ordinary-looking house.
09:05The Northern Highlands is one of the most sparsely populated parts of Europe.
09:26In some areas, there are more sheep than people.
09:30I'm just about to start shearing at the weekend.
09:40That'll be my plan on the weekend off.
09:43Sergeant Ali Mackay is a full-time traffic cop and a part-time sheep farmer.
09:50I definitely enjoy the farming on the side.
09:52I take my lambing holidays every April and a lot of the spring, the weather's just been horrendous,
09:58so we're behind on a few of the foot jobs, you know?
10:01Believe it or not, farming and policing cross a lot quite a lot, so we've always got a resident expert.
10:07I've got a background in agriculture, worked agricultural contracting for a year.
10:11It wasn't going to be a career for me, so one of my aunties suggested the police.
10:15Sure enough, eight months later, I joined the police and I was starting my first shift in Portree.
10:20Today, Ali and his colleague, Sergeant Doug Scott, are patrolling the main road between Ullapool and Inverness in an unmarked car.
10:31It's a busy route, notorious for accidents.
10:34A red Vauxhall overtaking them on a stretch of single carriageway catches Ali's attention.
10:46It wasn't a dangerous overtake, and he probably wasn't exceeding the speed limit, to be fair.
10:50But it's always interesting, a car overtaken in a queue of traffic like this,
10:54and he's tailgating right close to that car in front there just now.
10:58MLT expired on it as well.
11:0510th of May.
11:08We're going to be getting this vehicle stopped.
11:10Get a word with the driver, because as you can see how close he is to the vehicle in front,
11:14and that's actually getting pretty bad.
11:17And they're likely to get him past, and he's still bullying his way past here,
11:20because you can see how close he is.
11:23Most significantly reduces any chance he's got of carrying out a safe overtake,
11:26because he can't see past the car.
11:29Because their car's unmarked, the driver doesn't realise the cops are just behind.
11:37Both hands off the wheel.
11:40Still both hands off the wheel.
11:45The speed limit is a 20 mile an hour zone here, and he's just sitting above the 30 here.
11:49But that's what we look at, and saw how close he was to the pedestrian here.
11:56He's talked himself into a careless driving here anyway.
11:59We actually got a fright.
12:00He probably saw it.
12:01She definitely did get a fright.
12:03Before anyone gets hurt, it's time to pull the car over.
12:06So we'll go speak to him and see what he's saying for life.
12:17Hello, how are you?
12:19All right.
12:20Ah, good.
12:21I tell you, the reason we're stopping you...
12:23Well, we first noticed you, you overtook us on the way in, obviously.
12:26Then you were tailgating the car in front, trying to push for an overtake there, far too close.
12:30Next thing I know him, you're taking both hands off the wheel as the vehicle's going.
12:34Leaning back on the back of your head, which was pretty clear to see.
12:38That's a 20 mile an hour limit.
12:39You're accelerating up to 30.
12:41Then you pass the woman to the near side, do you?
12:44Step out.
12:46And what's she likely to do?
12:47She didn't step out on the road, she was a payment, but you move away from her.
12:51The woman got off right there.
12:52MLT for the vehicle.
12:53Uh-huh.
12:54Shown has expired.
12:55Seriously?
12:56Yes, 10th of May.
12:5810th of May?
12:59Oh.
13:02Shown has expired.
13:04I had no idea.
13:05Yes.
13:06No, you don't get...
13:07In this car.
13:08You don't get reminders for it, so...
13:09Oh.
13:10You're gone, you're gone.
13:12Oh, I had no idea.
13:18We can give him a ticket for careless driving and for driving without an MLT, so...
13:24We'll just complete roadside procedures with him, so do a drink and drug test.
13:29Make sure he's okay to be driving first.
13:31Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep on, keep going, keep
13:34going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep
13:36Goin, keep..
13:37Ideal, perfect!
13:38If you take the tube there because it's got your DNA on it.
13:41Cheers. Zero. Ideal, thank you.
13:43The driver passes the breathalyzer test.
13:46Have you seen one of these before, sir?
13:47No.
13:48OK, it's a drug wipe test for cannabis and cocaine.
13:53And I'll get you to stick your tongue right out for me, please.
13:55Drug driving, obviously, is an emerging trend for us
13:57because we've only been able to look at it since 2019
14:01when we were introduced drug wipes.
14:03Good, man. Ideal.
14:05And this just takes eight minutes to test for it, OK?
14:07That has grown exponentially since that time.
14:12Right, sir.
14:13It's time to check the result.
14:15If the drug wipe shows two lines,
14:18it means the driver has cannabis in his system.
14:21It's a second line showing a positive result for cannabis, OK?
14:26Granted, it's a faint line.
14:27It's a fairly simple test at the roadside,
14:30so what we do is we take you into a police office.
14:33With the driver arrested,
14:34the next step is to take him for a blood test
14:37so the amount of cannabis he's taken
14:40can be precisely measured.
14:43Unfortunately, given the geography of the area,
14:47the nearest police station we can take him
14:48to get the blood taken from him is 56 miles away.
14:51We've just arrested a male in Ullipull
14:55for drug driving.
14:58We're currently just in Ullipull,
15:00just about a head through,
15:02so we'll be an hour or whatever it is from here.
15:08You taking me to Inverness?
15:09Yeah.
15:10What?
15:11It's blood.
15:11It's got...
15:12It's come from Inverness.
15:13I don't have the money to get back.
15:14I've got kids in the business at home
15:16that are expecting me.
15:16I've got shopping in the car.
15:18OK.
15:18OK.
15:21Can we at least stop for the toilet?
15:23Yes.
15:24That's not a problem.
15:25We'll arrange that.
15:27Tineous lie.
15:28Mm-hmm.
15:30You're not going to run off, are you?
15:31I don't need...
15:32To wear it.
15:32Exactly.
15:33Well, to be fair,
15:34you'd get further than me, though,
15:35that's a thing.
15:37We get the blood taken off him
15:38and then we have to take him home again
15:41because there's no bus service for him to get home
15:44and we do have a duty of care for that gentleman.
15:46It is a hugely time-consuming part of our job.
15:49An hour later, they reach Inverness.
15:54What have you had, Jeffrey?
15:55Promise.
15:56Hi, Matt.
15:57A couple of joints.
15:58I did.
15:59A couple of joints and a round two.
16:02Convictions for driving under the influence
16:04are on the rise in Scotland.
16:06Do you agree to provide a specimen of blood for analysis
16:09and, if no, what is your reason for refusing?
16:13If found guilty,
16:15this driver could face a 12-month ban.
16:17In Stornoway,
16:36D.C. Daniel Smith and his team
16:38are searching the house of a suspected drug dealer.
16:41They've made some startling discoveries.
16:45Large packages believed to be cannabis
16:47and a considerable amount of cash.
16:51But there's still more of the house to search.
16:56Found a wee jar of good herbal substance in the cupboard,
17:00so I'll wait for Danny to come down.
17:01He can take a wee photograph of that as well.
17:04In the kitchen,
17:08there are more clues
17:09that a drug operation could be being run from here.
17:16Danny.
17:17Yeah?
17:18I've got more cash, Dan.
17:19Great.
17:19More cannabis as well.
17:20No, it's the way it's sort of been bundled up in elastic bands,
17:30stored in packages such as this.
17:35You know, would indicate that this isn't somebody's life savings.
17:37This is very much the proceeds
17:39from the sale of controlled substances.
17:43Alongside large bags of the raw drug,
17:45there's also items that suggest a new wave of cannabis products.
17:50I think these are pastels as well.
17:52Gummies type things.
17:54Right.
17:54Can you take a picture on your phone?
17:56And then we've got different liquids,
17:57some sort of high-potency vape pen.
18:01And in this bag here,
18:02we've got a number of items
18:03which are all gummies,
18:07which we're going to take as well,
18:08and they'll have to be tested too.
18:10The stash includes drinks, vapes,
18:13and flavoured sweets,
18:15all believed to be infused with cannabis.
18:17It's really worrying
18:18when you have packages with bright colours,
18:22vapes, cartoony motifs.
18:24All these things are very much geared towards
18:27tempting those younger in the community.
18:31Yeah, 100%.
18:31It's, you know, people that are in this house
18:33are dealing with drugs,
18:35and that's what we're here to do,
18:36and disrupt them and take it away from them.
18:38I think people often view cannabis
18:43as a substance that isn't overly harmful.
18:48The problem is, time and time again,
18:50when we engage with young people,
18:52they are often in the throes of abusing cannabis.
18:56Fast forward five, six years later,
18:58there are other addiction issues.
19:01There are other social issues.
19:05Addiction is something many members of our community
19:09have experienced.
19:11It feels like our moral duty
19:14to do as much as we can
19:16to limit drug supply and operations locally.
19:19The suspected cannabis
19:23and almost £7,000 in cash
19:26is strong evidence of drug dealing,
19:29but the police's attention turns to proving
19:31how it might be linked to a bigger operation.
19:35This is a special delivery box
19:36that was found in the kitchen
19:38next to the bag containing the herbal substance.
19:41People are so brazen
19:41that they're using the Royal Mail
19:43to deliver drugs to the island.
19:45We've also got the return address here as well
19:47so that can indicate to us who's supplied
19:49and gives colleagues down the road
19:51some further inquiry to do as well.
19:55It's a good lead,
19:56but just as the search is coming to a close,
19:59there's one final discovery
20:00that could prove even more crucial
20:02in linking the woman
20:04to suppliers from the mainland.
20:06So you found that in the jacket pocket?
20:07Yeah.
20:08Take £15 out of weed money.
20:12So this is an address.
20:14What it says on the note
20:15is put a return adi
20:16I take that to mean put a return address
20:18and take £15 out of weed money.
20:24So what it could mean is
20:25that this is somebody
20:26who's potentially supplied Amy
20:28or is involved in her supply operation in some way.
20:32What?
20:33You got it.
20:34Again, you're not obliged to say anything.
20:36Anything you do say
20:37will be noted and maybe used in evidence.
20:39OK?
20:41That's a comment.
20:42When Amy has seen this note,
20:47she remarked,
20:48ah, you got it.
20:50I've then reminded her she's under caution,
20:52that she's not obliged to say anything,
20:53at which point she said,
20:54I don't care.
20:55So it would indicate to us
20:57that there's some sort of evidential significance to this,
20:59which we can put to her later in the interview.
21:02Daniel is satisfied
21:03there is more than enough evidence here
21:05for the suspect to be charged.
21:10I am arresting you
21:11under Section 1
21:12of the Criminal Justice Scotland Act 2016
21:15on suspicion
21:17of Sections 4.3b
21:20of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
21:22And that is namely
21:24being concerned in the supply of drugs
21:26in accordance with the law.
21:27Do you understand?
21:27The scale of things
21:39at that address
21:40is clearly
21:41larger than we anticipated,
21:44I would say.
21:45The first thing you feel
21:46is actually quite sad
21:47about the whole situation.
21:48You just think,
21:49how on earth has this person
21:50got themselves into this situation?
21:53You know, don't get me wrong,
21:54she's clearly profiting massively from it.
21:56But it's just,
21:58it's some way to live,
22:00some existence.
22:03While the suspect
22:04is taken into custody,
22:06Daniel can take a closer look
22:08at some of the more unusual evidence.
22:15The little bottle here
22:17is labelled
22:18Family High Range Fanta,
22:21500mg.
22:23Apparently it's pineapple flavoured
22:25and infused with
22:26D9 distillate.
22:29What we've got here
22:30is a number of
22:31different edibles,
22:34vapes
22:34and pre-rolled
22:35cannabis joints.
22:37What's interesting
22:38about these
22:39items
22:40is that they're all
22:40colourfully packaged,
22:43they've got
22:43spacemen on them
22:45and other
22:46sort of little
22:47cartoony designs
22:48that are really appealing
22:49to children.
22:51Which,
22:52it's a real concern.
22:52Daniel and the team
22:56will now put the evidence
22:57they have found
22:58to the suspect
22:59and attempt to establish
23:00how she fits into
23:01the wider
23:02drug supply chain.
23:04Drug suppliers
23:05are profiting
23:06off those
23:07who are
23:08less fortunate.
23:11Our job
23:11is to make
23:12their job
23:13harder
23:13so that
23:15other people,
23:16including the vulnerable
23:17and the young,
23:18have less opportunity
23:19to
23:20fall into
23:22addiction.
23:29Nearly
23:30100 miles
23:31south-east
23:31of Stornoway,
23:33detectives
23:33Chris McLeod
23:34and Chris McAuley
23:35are responding
23:36to an urgent incident.
23:38On their way
23:47back to the station
23:48after a stakeout,
23:49they've spotted
23:50a vehicle
23:50driving erratically.
23:52Hi,
23:52from November 104,
23:54it's on the
23:54Shore Street
23:55roundabout
23:55turning right
23:56onto Shore Street.
23:57As we were driving
23:58our oncoming vehicle,
23:59we were driving
24:00on three wheels
24:01with the fourth wheel
24:02scraping off the road
24:03and missing the tyre.
24:04We're the vehicle
24:07behind it
24:07but it's now
24:08going past
24:09Nickles
24:10and Travis Perkins.
24:11It's lost
24:11the front
24:12near-side wheel.
24:13It's pulling off.
24:14It's going to crash.
24:18It's going to cause
24:18a collision.
24:19He's going right
24:19across the road.
24:21It doesn't matter
24:21if you're a police
24:23constable
24:23up to the chief
24:24constable,
24:24if you're a police
24:25officer on duty,
24:26it's your job
24:27to deal with
24:27the present risk
24:29and he was presenting
24:31a very clear
24:31and immediate
24:32risk to the public.
24:34But the two
24:34Chrissie's
24:35have a problem.
24:37Their unmarked
24:37detective's car
24:38doesn't have
24:39blue lights
24:40or a siren
24:40so it's difficult
24:42to signal
24:42for the driver
24:43to stop.
24:45Moving on
24:45to Shore Street
24:46roundabout.
24:47Shore Street
24:47roundabout
24:48into the...
24:50That's crossing
24:50all the lanes
24:51to be honest.
24:51Stand by
24:52for the direction.
24:54Where am I going?
24:55He's on Shore Street.
24:56Shore Street
24:57roundabout
24:57headed towards...
25:00Town Centre
25:01over.
25:01We did what we could
25:24with our horn
25:24and our hazard lights
25:26and our headlights
25:27to try and get them
25:29to stop
25:30and when we realised
25:30that it wasn't working
25:31we realised
25:32we were going to have
25:33to just try and keep
25:34other cars
25:35out of its path.
25:40How is he still moving?
25:42I don't know.
25:42Victoria negative
25:43core cross junction.
25:45Where's the line?
25:45It's going to crash here.
25:53Yeah, it's a male driver
25:54and the front near side
25:57tyre is completely
25:59off the vehicle.
26:00It's on the rims.
26:01It's on the rims.
26:03It's just driving over
26:04ballers and driving
26:05through the road.
26:07OK.
26:07OK.
26:08OK.
26:08OK.
26:11Commanders
26:11in the control room
26:13are concerned about
26:14the risks of following
26:15the car.
26:19It's not safe
26:20to not stop him.
26:22Yeah, from Remembersky
26:23104, he's very likely
26:24to cause a collision.
26:25He's driving in front
26:26of oncoming traffic.
26:28I'm not sure how he's not
26:29struck something
26:30up to this point.
26:32It's not safe
26:33to withdraw from this pursuit
26:35because he's going
26:35to cause a collision.
26:37We've got our hazards
26:38on just to highlight
26:39oncoming vehicles
26:40and vehicles behind us.
26:41He clearly had no
26:43control of the car
26:44and he kept veering
26:44towards oncoming traffic
26:46at one stage
26:47almost colliding
26:48with a bus.
27:05Eventually,
27:06the detectives
27:07get back up
27:08from traffic cops.
27:16I'm stopping.
27:17Yeah.
27:19You've got to be easily
27:20coming here front, Bill.
27:22Block him in.
27:23Good job, guys.
27:23Nice cop,
27:24you want to register
27:25to copy.
27:36Yeah, me under control.
27:37No fancy stopping, no?
27:39I remember.
27:40You didn't notice.
27:41You had no tyre.
27:43You almost had a bus.
27:47You're suspect
27:48person
27:48of the post call.
27:50We're going to have to
27:51try and move this,
27:52aren't we,
27:52a little bit.
27:52Yeah.
27:54I'm sure it's a miracle
27:55that there's not been
27:56a collision with any
27:57other vehicle
27:58or pedestrian,
27:59but as you can see,
28:01that is not a vehicle
28:01that is fit to be driven
28:03at any point.
28:05Yeah.
28:05You want to keep going
28:07forward and rest
28:08and we stand there.
28:10Suspected intoxicated driver,
28:12so eventually
28:13he's managed to get him
28:14stopped here
28:15and our colleagues
28:17in uniform
28:18are going to take over
28:19the traffic procedures.
28:21Thanks.
28:22We need to go back
28:23for a brief bit.
28:23Have you go?
28:24Yeah, we left it there
28:25for our colleagues
28:26to deal with.
28:27They're the ones
28:28that can deal with
28:28the road traffic procedures
28:29that we're not able to
28:31given our role
28:32within CID.
28:39I can't,
28:39I mean,
28:39did you see him
28:40go over the,
28:41I couldn't think,
28:42what do you call that?
28:43I don't know what you call it.
28:44I was almost going to say
28:45the road traffic furniture,
28:47that's what I nearly said.
28:48It's been that long
28:49since you did your driving course.
28:50I can't remember,
28:50I, I,
28:51it's something about
28:51a solid white line.
28:54We see firsthand
28:55the damage
28:56that lies in the wake
28:57of people
28:58that drive their vehicles
28:59and ultimately crash them
29:01when they're intoxicated.
29:02We shouldn't be
29:03seeing it anymore.
29:17On Scotland's
29:19west coast,
29:20where rugged hills
29:23meet white sand beaches,
29:26there's another
29:27isolated corner
29:29of mainland Britain,
29:31the Ardnemurchan
29:32Peninsula.
29:46It is
29:46part of the
29:48Scottish mainland,
29:49but you wouldn't
29:50believe it.
29:51It's a bit difficult
29:52to get to
29:52other than by the ferry.
29:54It seems more like
29:54an island when you're there,
29:56even though it is
29:56connected to the
29:57Scottish mainland.
29:59Today,
29:59PC Roddy Sandeman
30:00is crossing over
30:02to the village
30:02of Strontian
30:03on an unusual
30:04assignment.
30:18We are going over
30:20to Strontian today
30:21to assist
30:22with a warrant
30:22for seizing
30:24a pine marten.
30:28We've had information
30:29from the SSPCA
30:31and I think
30:32members of the public
30:33that a male
30:34in Strontian
30:35is keeping
30:36a pine marten
30:37in his house.
30:41Pine marten
30:41is the same family
30:43as stoats
30:44and weasels
30:45and otters.
30:46They are one of
30:47Scotland's last
30:48larger predators.
30:49Quite an interesting
30:50wee animal.
30:51one of several animals
30:53that are protected
30:54under the
30:55Wildlife and Countryside Act.
30:57Because it's a
30:58protected wild animal,
31:00it's illegal to keep
31:01a pine marten
31:01at home
31:02without a license.
31:04This guy does not
31:05have a license.
31:06He allegedly rescued
31:09the pine marten
31:09when it was very young
31:11from the side of the road.
31:12It won't have the ability
31:14to hunt for itself
31:15in the wild
31:16in its natural environment
31:17and be free
31:18and you know
31:19where pine marten
31:19should be
31:20it's going to be
31:21living in someone's house.
31:22So that's kind of
31:23why it's important.
31:26We're just coming
31:27into the village
31:28and it's just
31:30not in the care.
31:34Roddy's first stop
31:35is the Strontian
31:36village police station.
31:39The SSPCA here.
31:40I'll pass that.
31:47That's the warrant
31:48for everyone to need.
31:49Before they head out
31:50local cop
31:51PC Angie Campbell
31:53briefs Roddy
31:54and Wildlife Inspector
31:55Yvonne Sloss
31:56from the SSPCA.
31:58It turns out
31:59the pine marten
32:00they are going to rescue
32:01has a name.
32:03So this is the picture
32:03of the pine marten.
32:05He's named Derek.
32:07He was originally orphaned
32:09and he's been told
32:11numerous times
32:12that he's got to hand it over
32:13to be rehabilitated
32:15and released
32:15and unfortunately
32:15he's refused to do that
32:16and he's now advertising
32:18people to come for pictures.
32:22Roddy's main concern
32:24is how to persuade Derek
32:25to come willingly.
32:26Have you got like a box
32:27and you're just going to...
32:29I need to see
32:29how tame it is
32:30because I might be able to
32:32if it's really tame
32:32it'll be easy to scruff
32:34put it into a box.
32:36I do have some jam with me
32:39because they go crazy
32:40they absolutely love jam
32:42anything sweet
32:43so that's like
32:44my wee secret weapon
32:45in my pocket.
32:46I've got big leather gloves
32:49so if you do need a hand
32:50I can help
32:51if you need it.
32:52Yeah.
32:53Hopefully not.
32:55Right, let's go.
32:58We explained to him
33:06that he could keep it
33:06for a short period
33:08to make sure
33:09that he was going to
33:09make it through
33:10the next few days
33:11but then
33:11he's now
33:13kind of more domesticated.
33:16He's quite a shouty man
33:18and...
33:19Eccentric.
33:20Eccentric, yeah.
33:21Oh well
33:22I expect the unexpected.
33:24As the two cops
33:28approach the house
33:29they don't know
33:30what sort of reception
33:31they'll get from Derek
33:33or his keeper.
33:35Attention please
33:36the area is under the violence.
33:42Attention please
33:43the area is under the violence.
33:46With its vast landscapes
33:57and tight-knit communities
33:59the highlands
34:00have long been seen
34:01as one of the safest
34:03parts of the UK.
34:11But across the region
34:12the last five years
34:14has seen an increase
34:16in knife crime.
34:18We are finding
34:18a lot more people
34:19are in possession
34:21of knives
34:22or other weapons.
34:24It can be quite
34:25a scary thought
34:26whatever job
34:27that you go into
34:27that potentially
34:28someone might be
34:29in possession
34:29of a weapon.
34:31As specialist
34:31taser officers
34:32PCs Darren Shield
34:34and Jimmy Sutherland
34:35are often the first
34:36to be called
34:37to incidents
34:38involving a knife.
34:40Having a taser
34:41it does give us
34:43that extra bit
34:44of security
34:45when you are
34:46being faced
34:46with a knife.
34:50Today Darren
34:51and Jimmy
34:51are on a routine
34:52patrol
34:53when they are
34:55suddenly diverted
34:56to an urgent
34:57incident.
34:58To who's all
34:58going to see you
34:59a man's been seen
35:07carrying a large
35:08knife outside.
35:09Alarmed neighbours
35:10have reported
35:11him to the police.
35:12multiple officers
35:29are rushing
35:30to the scene.
35:31their concern
35:44mounts when they
35:45discover the
35:45identity of the
35:46suspect.
35:47a crack cocaine
35:59addict known
36:00for his
36:00paranoid
36:01outbursts.
36:02Craig has
36:02multiple
36:03previous
36:03convictions.
36:08The suspect
36:09has now
36:09barricaded
36:10himself in his
36:11home.
36:11Having been
36:21called to
36:22multiple
36:22incidents
36:23here in the
36:23past
36:24Jimmy has
36:26managed to
36:27build up a
36:27rapport with
36:28Craig
36:28so he takes
36:29the lead.
36:31Alan?
36:32Alan?
36:35Alan?
36:36speak to me.
36:43I know you're
36:44right.
36:45But you want to
36:45listen to me.
36:46Well speak to me.
36:47Take it down a
36:47notch.
36:47I'm in the
36:48garden of my dog
36:49right?
36:50Okay I've got
36:51a kitchen knife
36:51right?
36:52I'm cutting your
36:53marrow out my
36:54dog's bone.
36:55If you get it
36:55right?
36:56Alright mate
36:57that's fine.
36:57Why are you here?
36:59Right.
36:59Because I'll tell you
37:00what it was.
37:01A member of the
37:02Alan?
37:03Alan come back
37:03and speak to me.
37:04Let me speak.
37:06Alan I need to
37:07explain to you
37:08why we're here.
37:12Just FY he's got
37:13the knife in his
37:14hand again so just
37:15if he does come
37:15out of there just
37:16be careful.
37:16Just in the last
37:17I did briefly
37:18converse with him
37:19I've usually got
37:20quite a good
37:20relationship with
37:21him but he did
37:22say that he was
37:23out in his
37:23garden and he
37:24was cutting the
37:24bone marrow for
37:26his dog's bones
37:27in his garden the
37:30whole time and
37:30then he's got
37:31angry and now
37:32he's sort of
37:32going back between
37:33windows.
37:35The man's
37:35prior convictions
37:36his anger and
37:38his refusal to
37:39hand over the
37:39knife make this
37:41a potentially
37:41volatile situation
37:43requiring a broad
37:45emergency response
37:47and there's a
37:49further escalation.
37:51Something's pro for
37:52burning in there.
37:53Is that coming
37:54from his house?
37:54Yeah.
37:55There's a fire
37:56alarm going off
37:57from within his
37:58address.
37:59We can smell
38:00burning coming
38:00from the house
38:01so we're not
38:02quite sure
38:02what's going on
38:03in there.
38:04Going through
38:04my head was
38:05was there a
38:05fire now
38:06within that
38:06house?
38:08Yeah control
38:09two zero delta
38:10but we are just
38:11going to take
38:12precaution and
38:12get the upstairs
38:13neighbour out for
38:14the time being.
38:15He was on a
38:15ground floor flat
38:16so there was
38:17someone that was
38:17up above him
38:18that was trying
38:19to then make
38:19sure that the
38:20surrounding
38:20properties and
38:21people were
38:22evacuated as
38:23soon as we
38:23possibly could.
38:24Yeah I believe
38:27in this block
38:27there's just
38:28one other
38:29property.
38:30We're just
38:30knocking the
38:31door just
38:31now to get
38:31him evacuated
38:32just now.
38:35He's burning
38:36something within
38:36this house
38:37which is causing
38:37a whole lot
38:38of smoke
38:38so we've got
38:39fire service
38:39and ambulance
38:40also in
38:40attendance
38:41for any
38:42sort of
38:42fire or
38:43any injury
38:43risk
38:44and it's
38:44just a case
38:45of just
38:45containing
38:46the situation
38:46for the
38:46time being.
38:48I'm worried
38:49about you.
38:49You've got
38:51a reasonable
38:53excuse to
38:54have at
38:54night.
38:55You've
38:55given us
38:56it.
38:56Yeah I
38:57know.
38:58Do you
38:59know what
38:59my concern
39:00now is?
39:02Because your
39:02house might
39:03go on fire.
39:2070 miles
39:21away on the
39:22west coast
39:23PC's
39:26Roddy
39:26Sanderman
39:27and Angie
39:28Campbell
39:28are trying
39:29to rescue
39:29a pine
39:30martin
39:30called
39:31Derek.
39:31Sorry to
39:32bother you.
39:33Are you
39:33OK?
39:34Can we come
39:35in and have
39:35a word?
39:36Yeah yeah.
39:36Yeah.
39:37How about
39:37you doing
39:37the comment?
39:40One two
39:41whiskey that's
39:42entering into
39:43the house.
39:43One two
39:43alpha can you
39:44just hold
39:44back just
39:45now?
39:51Do you want
39:51take a seat
39:52just now?
39:52Yeah.
39:53The pine
39:53martin?
39:54Yeah.
39:55Now we were
39:56contacted by the
39:57SSPCA saying that
39:58you weren't willing to
40:00hand it over to
40:01them.
40:02No.
40:02No.
40:03So I've got a
40:03warrant actually to
40:05seize the pine
40:05martin.
40:06So it's going to be
40:06taken away.
40:08When?
40:08Today.
40:09OK.
40:14I've got the
40:14paperwork as you
40:15know.
40:16No you haven't
40:17because I've spoken
40:17to Nature Scotland
40:18and I've spoken to
40:20the SSPCA.
40:21You haven't got a
40:21licence for it.
40:22No I asked him
40:23for one.
40:24Asking isn't
40:25having.
40:26They're not
40:26willing to give
40:26you one as well.
40:28They are not
40:29happy to give you
40:30a licence to hang
40:31on to it.
40:31So it is a
40:32criminal offence
40:33to possess it.
40:34So that's the
40:35reason we've got
40:35a warrant and
40:36that's the reason
40:36we need to take it.
40:37OK there's the
40:37warrant there.
40:39If you're just a
40:39standard shift cop
40:40you can feel a bit
40:41like I didn't even
40:42know this was a
40:43crime because it's
40:44not like you deal
40:45with it every day.
40:46It's been issued
40:47by a sheriff as
40:48well.
40:48Yeah.
40:52OK.
40:52One two alpha
40:53can you come up
40:54please?
40:58Sorry I know
40:58it's a bit of a
40:59shock for you.
41:04I felt sorry
41:05for him he's
41:06clearly attached
41:06to it but it's
41:08the welfare of
41:09the Pied Martin
41:09at the end of
41:10the day is
41:10what is the
41:12most important
41:12thing.
41:15SSPCA officer
41:16Yvonne Sloss
41:17arrives to take
41:18Derek away.
41:22He's reacted in
41:24a more upset way
41:25than angry way
41:26so that's good.
41:26OK.
41:28He's obviously
41:29understanding what's
41:30happening and not
41:31happy about it but
41:32he's not going to be
41:33have an issue I don't
41:34think.
41:34And it's still
41:35we still got it.
41:36Yeah it's just in the
41:37back room.
41:38I've not seen it but
41:39he's I think he's
41:41going to want to
41:41help you but I do
41:43want him to avoid
41:44doing that if
41:44possible.
41:46Yvonne and
41:47Roddy attempt to
41:48persuade Derek
41:49into a cage.
41:51I don't want to grab
41:52it because he'll
41:53lose his trust I
41:54suppose.
41:56There he is.
42:00Good.
42:01Nice one.
42:02I can see why he's
42:03attached to it.
42:05He was no problem.
42:06Yeah he's in the cage.
42:07He quickly said
42:08goodbye to him.
42:09Once they have him
42:10in the cage it
42:11becomes clear that
42:12Derek is a young
42:13pine marten known as
42:15a kit.
42:16It went really well
42:17actually.
42:18The pine marten's
42:19very very tame.
42:20We managed to catch it
42:22no problems and to
42:23make sure that it
42:24wasn't too stressed.
42:26So you can see it's
42:27quite tame and it's
42:28quite quiet and it's
42:29quite comfortable.
42:30We'll get him in our
42:32centre which there is
42:33other kits there.
42:34Merge him in with the
42:34other kits and then
42:35hopefully his natural
42:36instinct and his wild
42:37instincts will kick in.
42:39He'll be able to get
42:39into a wild state again
42:41and then hopefully
42:41October time they can
42:42all be released
42:43successfully.
42:44So that's ultimate
42:45goal anyway.
42:47Job complete.
42:49Angie and Roddy can
42:50also leave.
42:51Plus one pine
42:52mountain.
42:56He is very
42:57passionate about
42:59pine marts and
42:59he's obviously
43:00become really
43:01attached to
43:03little Derek.
43:05So he's been
43:05charged with
43:06possessing a
43:07schedule five
43:08animal.
43:09I think they can
43:10be pretty,
43:10obviously that one
43:11was really tight
43:12but they can be
43:12pretty vicious.
43:13They can be and
43:14they can carry
43:15disease as well.
43:19Leave them in the
43:20wild.
43:20Exactly.
43:28In Inverness a man
43:30reported for carrying
43:31a kitchen knife in
43:32his garden is now
43:35locked in a standoff
43:36with police.
43:40I've burnt an egg
43:41here and I'm
43:41sorry right.
43:42Aye.
43:43We don't need the
43:43fire brigade.
43:44You know this is the
43:45fire brigade's time man.
43:46They should be putting
43:47fire in the ship.
43:48If he had just
43:48came to the door I
43:49could have seen that
43:50for myself.
43:51We believe it to be a
43:52frying pan that was on
43:53the hob which he has
43:54now removed.
43:56Although the risk of a
43:57serious fire seems to
43:58have subsided for now
44:00police can't leave
44:01until the suspect
44:02comes to the door.
44:04PC Siobhan Cooper
44:05also knows him well
44:07and tries to help
44:08negotiate.
44:10I think if I was a
44:22year or two in and
44:23someone threatened to
44:23kill me and they had a
44:24knife and they were in
44:25a house and I was
44:26standing in their back
44:26garden I'd be terrified.
44:31It's almost like I'm
44:32used to it now but I
44:34always take it as a
44:34sort of okay you're
44:36going to kill me so it
44:37just becomes like normal.
44:38Alan you see that
44:39threats you're making
44:40just now mate?
44:41That's why you were
44:41here.
44:42Come on.
44:43That's why you're
44:44going to get lifted.
44:47But you've just
44:48threatened to kill her.
44:51You said you were
44:52going to strangle her.
44:54But as well as
44:55considering the threats
44:56to their own officers
44:57the police are
44:58concerned that Craig's
44:59volatile behaviour
45:00could endanger him.
45:03In the past there
45:05was a, he was
45:06cutting about here
45:07with a firearm,
45:09well it wasn't a
45:10firearm it was like
45:10an imitation firearm
45:11and it was a
45:12firearms job.
45:13He nearly got shot
45:14because he wouldn't
45:15put it down.
45:17But it was a lot of
45:18things like this.
45:19if someone's got some
45:24mental health concerns
45:25that maybe at that
45:27particular time and
45:27moment they actually
45:28don't know what's
45:29happening so they seem
45:31to escalate the
45:32situation themselves
45:33because of that.
45:34I'm trying to get you
45:35to come to the door
45:36so we can...
45:36Why not?
45:38Why not?
45:39Because you're going to
45:40arrest me, right?
45:41You understand where I'm
45:42coming from?
45:42I do, aye.
45:44And the situation
45:44escalates quite quickly
45:47then our policy is to
45:50contain and negotiate
45:51and we don't want that
45:52situation to get any
45:53bigger than what it is.
45:55Right, Alan, there's a
45:56possibility now you may be
45:58arrested because of your
45:59behaviour.
45:59And I'm not lying to you,
46:00that's a possibility.
46:01So why don't you make it
46:03easier for yourself than
46:04just coming...
46:04Because of my behaviour.
46:05No wonder I go mental,
46:07Jimmy.
46:07No wonder I go mental.
46:08Alan!
46:09No wonder I go mental,
46:10Jimmy.
46:11There's only so much that
46:12we can do to protect
46:13ourselves and protect
46:14other members of the
46:14public.
46:15Right, Alan, can you
46:15go down?
46:17Because I don't know
46:17what you're going to do.
46:18Right, what?
46:19You're going to hurt
46:19yourself.
46:23Alan.
46:27I'm not going to go
46:28away, Alan.
46:31If it was required,
46:34then we would have to
46:36force entry into that
46:37address.
46:40With all communication
46:41having broken down,
46:43the police must now
46:44consider a change in
46:46their tactics.
46:48He seems to be
46:49boarding up the windows,
46:50so our inspectors and
46:52sergeants are discussing
46:53whether it'll go in,
46:55have to go in the door.
46:56His behaviour just
46:57seemed to escalate and
46:58now he's just completely
47:00shut down and not
47:01speaking to us at all.
47:02having rescued the Pine
47:30Martin, PC's Roddy
47:32Sanderman and Angie
47:34Campbell are now
47:35responding to another
47:36call at the other end
47:38of the remote
47:38Ardnamurkan Peninsula.
47:40You know, you might get
47:48two calls in your
47:51eight-hour day or
47:52your nine-hour day,
47:53but they will be
47:54completely the opposite
47:55end of the beat.
47:57It takes you a fair
47:58while to get from
47:59A to B.
48:01The only section of
48:02two-lane is the bit
48:04from the ferry to
48:05Stronteen.
48:07Everywhere else,
48:07it's a single track.
48:10It can be quite hairy
48:11sometimes, shall I say,
48:13driving on the roads.
48:16Their destination is an
48:18isolated stretch of coast
48:19which has recently hit the
48:21news.
48:22A boat belonging to a
48:24local fish farm has sunk,
48:26spilling diesel into the
48:27sea and drawing attention
48:29from environmental
48:30activists.
48:31A trap turned up a couple
48:35of weeks ago with a view
48:37to filming the vessel
48:38getting lifted.
48:40He is an activist and
48:41he's got his own YouTube
48:41channel and he's looking
48:44to film it and make it
48:45public basically and raise
48:47awareness about fish farms
48:49and what he believes
48:50they're doing wrong.
48:52He used to actually work
48:53on a fish farm before he
48:54decided that he was
48:57anti-fish farm.
48:58With tensions rising,
49:00the fish farm have
49:02reported the activists
49:03to the police for
49:04filming them with a drone.
49:06I think this guy's just
49:07obviously wanting to keep
49:07tabs on them and they
49:09obviously don't want to be
49:11bothered by what he's
49:12doing.
49:13The purpose of today is
49:14more just to let both
49:15sides know that we are
49:17aware that they've both
49:18got issues and just so
49:19they both keep themselves
49:20in check.
49:21Fish farming is a
49:23divisive topic and the
49:24cops have to tread
49:26carefully.
49:27There's a lot of fish farms
49:28in the area, a massive
49:29employer.
49:31It does have another side
49:33in that a lot of people
49:34look at them as
49:36environmental problems or
49:38polluters.
49:40Definitely a conflict in
49:42the area which we have to
49:44kind of weave a narrow line
49:45between just to make sure
49:47that people aren't
49:47committing offences.
49:50Here it is.
49:56Hi Jamie, how are you
49:56getting on?
49:59We had another call from
50:00the fish farm about, I
50:01think it was yesterday,
50:02were you filming some more
50:03over the site yesterday?
50:05Yeah.
50:05Yeah.
50:06How close were you, do you
50:08know?
50:0920, 30 metres.
50:10Right, OK.
50:11The police need to check
50:13Jamie is flying his drone
50:14legally.
50:15Have you got an ID on it?
50:17An operator's ID?
50:19You need to have an
50:19operator's ID for any drone.
50:22Really?
50:22Just purely for if the drone
50:24was to crash into something
50:26they would be able to trace
50:27it back to who it was that
50:28was flying.
50:29It shouldn't be exploiting
50:30animals either.
50:31That's the thing.
50:31And we're not here to say
50:34you're wrong, they're right,
50:35you're wrong, you're right.
50:36We're here to enforce the
50:37law.
50:38The law allows this animal
50:40exploitation to happen.
50:41The law's corrupt.
50:43OK.
50:43This won't be the law.
50:45In the future this will be
50:46illegal.
50:46Just the fact that the law
50:47is not caught up with basic
50:49ethics yet is a worry.
50:51Yeah, we have to go with
50:53what the law is at the
50:54moment.
50:55Yeah.
50:55We can't go with what the
50:56law is going to be in the
50:57future.
51:00Do you think animal
51:01exploitation is OK?
51:02Ethically, yourself,
51:03morally?
51:04What I think doesn't matter.
51:05No.
51:07I'm not paid to have a
51:09moral opinion, I'm paid to
51:11enforce the law.
51:12To do what you're told.
51:12Enforce the law effectively,
51:13yeah.
51:14And you can see that as me
51:15being a, doing what I'm
51:17told, but...
51:17No, that's what it is.
51:18OK.
51:18I was just there to give
51:20him some advice and remind
51:22him of his obligations
51:23while flying a drone.
51:24I wasn't telling him he
51:25couldn't be there or
51:26anything like that.
51:27But I think in this
51:29instance he already had
51:31his mind made up about
51:32the reason for our
51:33attendance.
51:35This is the way this
51:36multinational's got you
51:37to work and they've got
51:37the place to come out
51:39here because I've got a
51:40drone that's not registered.
51:42That's a toy drone.
51:43This is pathetic.
51:44I can't even believe this
51:48is happening.
51:48If someone makes an
51:49allegation that someone's
51:50not doing something within
51:51the law, then we are
51:52duty-bound to investigate
51:53it.
51:53But it's not against the
51:54law.
51:55Well, it is for the
51:56operator ID.
51:58It can be difficult to
51:59not be seen as taken
52:02aside.
52:03I think in this instance he
52:05had an opinion that we
52:06were on the fish farm
52:09side, which is certainly
52:11not the case.
52:12I'm not trying to be
52:12difficult.
52:13I'm just trying to make
52:14sure everyone is
52:15pathetic.
52:15Okay, well you can think
52:16that.
52:16It's totally pathetic.
52:18Okay.
52:18I think you must feel a
52:19wee bit yourselves too,
52:20surely?
52:21Not really.
52:21Talking about a toy
52:22drone here.
52:23Okay.
52:23That's what you just do.
52:24Again, I could make it
52:26difficult, but I'm trying
52:27to help you and offer
52:28you the advice now so
52:29things don't...
52:31Yeah.
52:32Okay.
52:33Having told the man to
52:35display an operator's ID
52:37on his drone, there's no
52:38need for further action.
52:40So Roddy and Angie start
52:42the long drive home.
52:45I normally try and make
52:47a good effort of trying
52:48to win them over and be
52:49like, look, I'm not
52:49against you, which I was
52:51trying to do with him,
52:52but he wasn't having it.
52:53I don't think there was
52:54any convincing him that
52:55we're not corrupt in the
52:58pocket of multinationals,
52:59as is what he said,
53:00wasn't it?
53:03I think a lot of the
53:04time they just see the
53:05uniform and they just
53:06automatically think that
53:09you don't share the same
53:11views or that you don't
53:12have an opinion and
53:13you're just kind of,
53:15we're just robots and
53:16told what to do and
53:17where to go.
53:18And he said, oh, you
53:20know, yeah, like you're
53:22not paid, you just do
53:22what you're told.
53:23But that kind of is what
53:24it is, because if we start
53:26taking sides, then where's
53:28that going to lead?
53:29Like, we can't be taking
53:30either side, because if we
53:32took his side, then we'd
53:32get complaints from the
53:34fish farm.
53:35So you just, you don't
53:37take a side, you just,
53:38yeah.
53:59In Inverness, negotiations
54:08with the knife suspect have
54:09now completely broken down.
54:12The street's been closed and
54:15neighbours evacuated.
54:17If he does come out of that
54:18door, then you need to be
54:21standing this side.
54:22We'll get you, we'll get you
54:23getting hands on him and
54:24getting cuffs on him.
54:25Concerned that the suspect
54:26might hurt himself as well,
54:29as well as others, the
54:30police are now preparing to
54:31break into his home, if
54:33necessary.
54:34Our main aim is to get
54:35someone out of that
54:36property without causing
54:37them any harm.
54:38So ultimately, if that
54:39means have to stand there
54:40and talk to someone for a
54:41number of hours, then
54:42that's what we'll do up to
54:44a certain point where they
54:45become a risk to
54:46themselves.
54:46And if they do become a
54:47risk to themselves, then
54:48another risk assessment
54:50will be made.
54:51And the chances are that
54:52they'll end up going
54:53through the door for that
54:53reason.
54:57Yeah, he's now got a
54:58golf club in the kitchen
55:00and he just seems to be
55:02swinging it about.
55:04But with the suspect
55:05apparently preparing to
55:06meet them with violence,
55:08breaking in would be
55:09fraught with risk.
55:11He's got a small gas
55:12canister, like a camping
55:14stove style, on the window.
55:16Yeah, he's now got a candle.
55:19So it's right beside where
55:22the gas canister is.
55:25It has also poured boiling
55:27water into something and
55:29has also poured bleach into
55:31the boiling water.
55:33I can't see what it actually
55:34is.
55:34After assessing the risks to
55:43the officers and the public,
55:46commanders in the control
55:47room decide to bring in a
55:49firearms team who are equipped
55:51to break in if necessary.
55:52I thought I was getting
56:04somewhere.
56:04I thought I was going to get
56:04him to come out, but then
56:05he just turned and he
56:06basically just started talking
56:07over the nonsense.
56:08Jimmy hands over to
56:09specialist police negotiators.
56:13OK.
56:13Yeah.
56:13I just wonder if there was
56:14anything to use.
56:15Nine more than as usual.
56:17It's just the dogs.
56:18It was that he thinks we're
56:18going to take the dog away
56:19from him as well, so it's...
56:21Right, OK.
56:22Five hours after police
56:24were first called by a
56:26concerned neighbour, with the
56:27fire service and ambulance
56:29crews on standby and the
56:31whole area cordoned off,
56:33there's still no sign of an
56:35end to the standoff.
56:37We're just being relieved by
56:38other units who are going to
56:39come over and take over from
56:40us.
56:42Negotiators haven't been able
56:43to get anywhere with them
56:45as yet.
56:46You have heard of these
56:48sieges taking 24 hours
56:49so it could go on and on.
56:53We just don't know.
56:53It's impossible to say at this
56:55stage.
57:19Can we take up the
57:37and take a number of different
57:38sounds as if you'rekop αλλά.
57:39It is so hard to say at this
57:41spot.
57:42This is a scene where it is
57:44being made that
57:45if you don't wake asc retrouvere from
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