Water Slacks: No arrests made during armed police raid in Sheffield neighbourhood

Police have revealed they came away empty handed from an armed raid on a Sheffield neighbourhood last week.
Alastair Ulke
By Alastair Ulke
Published 9th Aug 2022, 13:39 BST
Updated 9th Aug 2022, 15:05 BST
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Residents in Woodhouse watched in alarm on Friday afternoon (August 5) when machine gun-toting officers took over Water Slacks Drive at 4pm.

It led to rumours in community Facebook groups that a ‘hostage situation’ was underway.

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Armed officers were deployed to Water Slacks Drive in woodhouse at around 4pm on August 5 as part of an arrest warrant for a suspect from Derbyshire.Armed officers were deployed to Water Slacks Drive in woodhouse at around 4pm on August 5 as part of an arrest warrant for a suspect from Derbyshire.
Armed officers were deployed to Water Slacks Drive in woodhouse at around 4pm on August 5 as part of an arrest warrant for a suspect from Derbyshire.

Now, Derbyshire Police – who carried out the raid – have revealed they did not find who they were after.

A spokesperson for the force said officers arrived on scene in search of a suspect in connection with an ongoing investigation.

But after the armed response – during which, according to neighbours, officers burst into a block of flats – nobody was arrested.

One resident wrote on the Woodhouse S13 Facebook page at around 8pm on the night: “I live across and earlier there was armed police, loads of cars an a dog as well.

"They did enter the block of flats across from mine but that’s all I saw.”