UK Policing News

The chemical solvent gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), known as liquid ecstasy, will become a class C drug. This drug is sometimes used as a substitute for the already banned drug GHB, and the risks are increased when consumed with alcohol. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/newseven...m.htm?id=112990 Taken from the Thames Valley Police Website. most police officers will know this but it is for people who have not read it.

A 19-year-old man has appeared before a special court in Llandudno accused of stabbing to death a man aged 20 in the street. Oliver Taylor, of Rhuddlan, Denbighshire was remanded in custody to appear again at Mold Crown Court on 30 December. He is charged with murdering Anthony Finbar Burke, who died in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed near his home at Rhuddlan, There was no application for bail. Mr Taylor, dressed in a black jacket and white open-necked shirt, spoke only to confirm his name, age and address, during the four-minute hearing. He was flanked by two security guards in the dock. Mr Burke died in Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, on Wednesday n…

A 19-year-old man has appeared before a special court in Llandudno accused of stabbing to death a man aged 20 in the street. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8430754.stm it,s wrong people who carry knives and seems to be more common in people using them to hurt other people

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yo...ire/8430557.stm Two police and family of five hurt in Leeds M621 crash Two police officers and a family of five have been treated in hospital after a police car and another vehicle collided on the M621 near Leeds. West Yorkshire Police said a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with the rear of a police car on the hard shoulder of the motorway. None of those hurt, including three children, suffered serious injuries. The driver of the Astra has been arrested and police are now appealing for witnesses. The crash happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M621 at around 1345 GMT on Christmas Day. Two lanes subsequently …

West Yorkshire Police said a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with the rear of a police car on the hard shoulder of the motorway. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yo...ire/8430557.stm glad the officers are not hurt and not suffered serious injuries.

A policeman and former Mr Gay UK has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a serious sexual offence, it has emerged. PC Mark Carter, 27, has been suspended from his job with West Yorkshire Police after the alleged incident in Leeds at the weekend. The police officer was arrested at a city centre hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning and later released on bail. A police spokesman said: 'A 27-year old man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a serious sexual offence. Serious assault: Mark Carter celebrates being crowned Mr Gay UK in 2006 (left) and as a police officer (right) <H4 class=relatedItems> </H4> 'The man was arrested from a …

£375 million of cocaine seized off Spanish coast The Destiny Express A ship carrying an estimated 1.5 tonnes of cocaine bound for northern Spain has been seized during a joint partnership operation by the Metropolitan Police Service, the Spanish National Police, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre. Spanish police boarded the 150ft former coastguard vessel, named The Destiny Express, 200 miles off the Iberian coast on 22 December at 08:00. The ship - which was en route from the West Indies - was taken into port where it is being searched by Spanish police. The searches revealed a consignment of cocaine store…

A 19-year-old man has been convicted of murder after forcing his way into a house to steal and assaulting with his 41-year-old victim so violently that shoe-prints were left on his body http://cms.met.police.uk/news/teenager_convicted_of_murder a sad case when a teenager has done this to this poor man [murder] :sad: :sad:

a 19-year-old man has been convicted of murder after forcing his way into a house to steal and assaulting with his 41-year-old victim so violently that shoe-prints were left on his body. Derran Bailey, 19, of Elmington Road, SE5 was today, Monday 21 December 2009, found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of 41-year old Ian Jones at his home. He was also convicted of robbery. Justin Barnett, 21, of Bargrove Crescent, Lewisham was found guilty of robbery. Leo Jones, 18, of Beechfield Road, SE6, and a 16-year old from Sydenham had previously pleaded guilty to robbery. They are all due to be sentenced on Friday 22 January 2010. The jury heard that the four had gon…

The searches revealed a consignment of cocaine stored in the hold - with initial measurements suggesting it totals at least 1.5 tonnes. This would have a street value of £375 million. It is believed that the vast majority of these drugs were destined for London. http://cms.met.police.uk/news/arrests_and_...f_spanish_coast glad the druges did not hit london

Police Community Support Officers, who are often derided for being “plastic bobbies,†could be removed from the beat by police chiefs under plans being drawn up by the Conservatives. Chief Constables will have the power to scrap the cheaper version of policing if they decide to do so. And the Home Office, under a Tory government, would no longer demand that a fixed amount of money is spent on PCSOs. The issue of PCSOs has been a controversial one. They were introduced by David Blunkett when he was Home Secretary to increase the uniformed police presence on the streets and divert low-level responsibilities away from more senior officers. …

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-New...k_Abdulmutallab British police are carrying out searches in the UK after a London student, suspected of being an al Qaeda operative, allegedly attempted to blow up a US plane. Glad all is ok, also glad he has been caught in the US, as a asbo, or one hundred hours community service will not prevent people trying this again.

An asylum seeker who fatally struck a girl with his car then fled the scene has won the right to stay in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8429896.stm I was not going to place this one up, but it is getting to me. Why do we tolerate such scum in this country, no other country in the world would?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/148081...-trip-villains- A POLICE chief has set up road blocks because he is fed up with villains from neighbouring areas raiding his patch. Can we see a time of gated counties. :lol: Maybe a passport needed between each county.