Offices of Michael Jackson's doctor raided

The Los Angeles Police and members of DEA have searched the offices of Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr Conrad Murray and according to his attorney the officials are seeking "evidence of the offense of manslaughter".

"We can confirm that a search warrant was executed today on Dr Murray's offices in Houston Texas... The search was conducted by members of the DEA, two Robbery-Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers," Murray's attorney Edward Chenoff said in a statement yesterday.

"The search warrant authorized law enforcement to search for and seize items, including documents, they believed constituted evidence of the offense of manslaughter," it said.

The items seized from Murray's office included rolodex cards, e-mails, a photocopied picture of Murray and a folder containing the doctor's bio, the Los Angeles Times reported quoting sources.

Investigators also took paperwork, such as receipts for a public storage unit and cellphone and pamphlets from the Sleep Center of Doctors Hospital in Houston, located near Murray's clinic, the newspaper said.

The 51-year-old doctor, remains a central figure in the probe as a witness and a possible criminal target. Jackson's father Joe, sister La Toya and brother Jermaine and Tito have already termed Murray a prime suspect in the sudden death of the 'Thriller' hitmaker on June 25.