A sense of anticipation, mixed with tension, took over.
With the adrenaline pumping, everything moved very swiftly into action as the officers dispersed, with two racing down an alleyway to the back of the property as four officers were deployed to the front door.
As we followed quickly behind, the officers warned the occupants that police were at the scene, before an enforcer - also known as a battering ram or occasionally as the big red key - was used to smash the communal front door open.
The officers, all wearing PPE, then rushed inside and executed the warrant in seconds.