Michael's Doctor's Office Raided By DEA //

The Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's physician, Dr Conrad Murray, has been raided by officers from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

Dr Murray's spokeswoman told the BBC the raid "was a surprise to us and it was a surprise to the attorneys".

The doctor was at the singer's mansion and tried to revive him before he died on 25 June.

His lawyer, Edward Chernoff, said earlier his client had been helping police with their inquiries.

Mr Chernoff said investigators had asked for medical records in addition to those already provided by Murray.

"The coroner wants to clear up the cause of death; we share that goal," said Mr Chernoff in a statement on his law firm's website on Tuesday.

But DEA spokeswoman Violet Szeleczky said officers "did not raid" the clinic.

She told the AFP news agency: "What this is is the Los Angeles police department have an investigation and they came to the Drug Enforcement Agency, and they asked us to help them effect a state search warrant here."

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