Police raid offices of Michael Jackson`s doctor

Houston: US federal agents today raided the Houston offices of the doctor who was with pop legend Michael Jackson when he died last month, officials said.A spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed that a search with the Los Angeles police was ongoing at the offices of the Armstrong medical clinic in Houston, Texas, where doctor Conrad Murray practices.

Murray was with Jackson at his rented mansion in Los Angeles when the singer collapsed on June 25 and died. The official coroner`s report into the 50-year-old singer`s demise has deferred the cause of death, amid speculation that strong painkillers he was believed to be taking may have been to blame. Suspicion has also focused on a dangerous sedative -- Diprivan -- used to induce unconsciousness in hospital patients ahead of major surgery, which reports say was also found in Jackson`s home. DEA spokeswoman Violet Szeleczky denied today`s intervention in Houston was a raid, but Murray`s lawyers insisted they had not been informed. "This is unexpected to us. We are looking into it. We hope to release a statement about this as soon as we get this information," said Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman for the doctor`s legal team. Bureau Report