Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Cost of the Forest Gate raids: £2.2m

That includes more than £90,000 in hotel bills for two familes whose homes were virtually dismantled in the process.
Then there was £864,300 in overtime pay for police officers (some of them seen top left), while more than £120,000 was spent on "operational feeding, barriers, technical support and restoration of property, while around £157,000 went on specialist equipment used in the search and £368,200 in "non-pay costs" — such as transport and catering, the erection of barriers and road signs.
Well done the Daily Telegraph, for obtaining the figures from Scotland Yard under Freedom of Information legislation.