UK Policing News

A nationwide operation has struck a major blow against County Line gangs, with police arresting hundreds and uncovering a chilling arsenal of weapons. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1984981/police-county-lines-crackdown Nice police forces are going after and arresting drug dealers👏

A suspected people smuggler wanted by German law enforcement has been arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency in Leicestershire. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/suspected-people-smuggler-detained-in-leicester-faces-extradition Good work by the NCA and when he gets back to Germany he gets a long prison sentence.👍

Our Challenger teams have continued to disrupt and dismantle drug lines across the city-region, as part of the national county lines intensification week (25 November – 1 December 2024). https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/december/challenger-officers-make-54-arrests-and-seize-300k-worth-of-drugs-during-county-lines-intensification-week/ Good work by the GMP getting more drug dealers off the streets.👏

An international NCA-led investigation - Operation Destabilise - has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the streets of the UK, to the Middle East, Russia, and South America. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-destabilise-nca-disrupts-multi-billion-russian-money-laundering-networks-with-links-to-drugs-ransomware-and-espionage-resulting-in-84-arrests Great work by the NCA in disrupting Russian money laundering networks 👏

Jim Colwell, the acting chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of breaching professional standards. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/acting-chief-constable-of-devon-and-cornwall-police-suspended/ar-AA1uV4JN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7fa43ed69b75433fbf778e9cc1467d6c&ei=11 Have to wait before any comment can be made,👍

A 23-year-old drug dealer has been jailed for more than six years after injuring a teenage boy in a hit and run collision while trying to evade police officers in Kettering. https://www.northants.police.uk/news/northants/news/in-court/2024/december/hit-and-run-drug-dealer-jailed-for-more-than-six-years/ What a low sentence he was given dealing drugs hit and run should have been given a stiffer sentence😠

Two brothers who raped vulnerable girls 18 years ago have been convicted following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-stovewood-brothers-guilty-of-raping-girls Good work by the NCA in bringing them to justice and the judge hands them both a very stiff sentence.👍

Caleb Mansfield-Marr (28/01/2002) of Blackburn, Lancashire was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Manchester Crown Court yesterday (Monday 2 December 2024) after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by disqualified driving, causing death by driving when uninsured, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by disqualified driving. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/december/man-who-took-videos-and-boasted-about-driving-dangerously-sentenced-to-12-years-behind-bars/ Glad people like him are off the streets and given a decent sentence .👏

The last member of an organised crime group who plotted to send 448 kilos of MDMA to Australia has been jailed for 23 years following an NCA investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-final-member-of-ocg-jailed-today-after-drugs-hidden-in-digger Good sentence given to this drug dealer 23 years👏

Five members of an organised crime group that smuggled 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas from south America have been jailed. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/gang-jailed-for-smuggling-210-million-of-cocaine-hidden-in-banana-boxes Good work by the NCA and MET in getting drug dealers off the streets and stopping drugs getting onto the streets👏

A serving Met officer has been charged with attempted rape and sexual assault. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-charged-with-attempted-rape-491337 For a Superintendent to be charged with rape again not good news,😞

In the early hours of the morning on 16 July 2023, three women were out in Farnworth, Bolton enjoying a night out. They met the defendant, Tyler Smith, in a pub, and after several hours, they all decided to go back to a house together. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/december/man-jailed-after-committing-sexual-offences-against-women-after-a-night-out-in-bolton/ For rape alone e should have got longer then five years and five months 😒

The country's longest ever running criminal trial heard that an international crime group smuggled billions of pounds of drugs into the UK https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/18-convicted-in-united-kingdoms-biggest-ever-drugs-investigation Great work by the NCA bringing the gang of drug dealers to justice and the gang leader given was jailed for 32 years and good sentence for the rest of the gang.👏

A father and daughter policing duo mocked victims of crime and insulted colleagues in 'repulsive' WhatsApp chats, a disciplinary panel has heard. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14148605/Father-daughter-police-officers-sent-WhatsApp-messages-mocking.html What a disgrace the two are and a disgrace to the WMP and not fit to wear the uniform good job they Both resigned.😠

Two men have been jailed following a meticulous investigation by Met detectives after a woman was sexually assaulted in south London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-secures-justice-for-victim-of-rape-using-dna-and-forensics-491171 Good work by the met officers bringing them to justice👏 but the sentence they got seems low and should have got a longer sentence.