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Drug raid officers hospitalised Drug raid officers hospitalised
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Five police officers have been treated in hospital after being covered in a powder believed to be Class A drugs during a raid in North Yorkshire. Five police officers have been treated in hospital after being covered in a powder believed to be class A drugs during a raid in North Yorkshire.
As officers raided the flat in Skinner Street, Whitby, on Saturday, a large amount of white powder was thrown. As officers entered the flat in Skinner Street, Whitby, on Saturday, a large amount of white powder was thrown.
Four male and one female officer were taken to hospital suffering from vomiting, skin and lung irritation and light-headedness. The officers, four men and a woman, were taken taken to hospital suffering from vomiting, skin and lung irritation and light-headedness.
All five were later released following treatment. They were later released following treatment.
'Everyday courage''Everyday courage'
A man was arrested in connection with the incident and was being questioned by police on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident and remains in custody.
Assistant Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police, Steve Read, paid tribute to the officers involved in the raid. Acting Assistant Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police, Steve Read, paid tribute to the officers involved in the raid.
He said: "In a week when the police service has been seen by a lot of the public in its least rosey condition as a result of things that have happened elsewhere, it is important to realise there are both male and female officers displaying what I would call everyday courage in protecting the public." He said they had displayed "everyday courage in protecting the public".
"But due to the often unforeseeable nature of the tasks that police officers undertake, they were exposed to danger in an entirely unpredictable way.
"Thankfully the officers responded well to the treatment they received at Whitby Hospital."