article_snippet: In a series of low-key searches, plain-clothes detectives examined Tory grandee Leon Brittan's home in Pimlico, central London, and Tory grandee Leon Brittan North Yorkshire country retreat.
article_snippet: The rural property, near the picturesque town of Leyburn, is in the Richmond constituency which he once represented as an MP.
article_snippet: The team of police, including at least one in body armour, were seen at his £750,000 stone detached property in Crondall, Hampshire, near the Army town of Aldershot.
highlights_snippet: Homes of Leon Brittan and Lord Bramall have been raided by the police .
  
highlights_snippet: Properties in London and Yorkshire belonging to Lord Brittan searched .
  
highlights_snippet: Home owned by Lord Bramall in Surrey was also raided by officers .
  