UK Policing News

People aged 55 or over are more likely to be targeted by investment fraud, new figures show. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/april/city-of-london-police-reveals-more-than-612-million-was-lost-to-investment-fraud-in-the-uk-last-year/

Major Incident Team detectives who are investigating the death of Prince Walker on Raby Street, Moss Side on Thursday 4 April have made three arrests following early morning warrants (Tuesday 9 April 2024). https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/april/three-in-custody-following-morning-warrants-as-part-of-murder-investigation-into-the-death-of-prince/

A criminal who broke into a charity shop before burrowing through a wall to steal £10,000 worth of cigarettes and stamps from a supermarket next door has been jailed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13283365/thieves-break-Barnardos-charity-shop-smash-walls-cigarettes-stamps-Tesco.html What a scumbag stealing money from a charity shop and raid on Tesco shop where he was sentenced to three-years in prison.

Four people have lost their lives https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/grim-weekend-london-two-men-28954424

A minicab stopped by police in Deptford led to the recovery of a loaded firearm and three large knives. Four men were arrested, and they have now been jailed for a total of 52 years. https://news.met.police.uk/news/four-men-jailed-for-52-years-after-police-stop-minicab-and-find-knives-and-loaded-gun-482129

Detectives investigating the murder of a woman in Bradford have named a man who is wanted on suspicion of the offence. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/wanted-appeal-habibur-masum-following-bradford-murder

On 26 January 2024, North Yorkshire Police received a report of a road traffic collision in the Tockwith area. https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/news/north-yorkshire/news/news/2024/04-april/statement-iopc-investigation-following-tockwith-arrest/

An investigation has been launched following the death of a man in west London. https://news.met.police.uk/news/police-investigate-death-of-man-in-ealing-482115

A family and their criminal associates have been jailed for trading millions of pounds worth of class A drugs, including heroin, cannabis and hundreds of kilos of cocaine. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/merseyside-crime-family-planned-to-supply-over-360kg-of-cocaine

A corrupt border officer who was arrested by the National Crime Agency has been convicted of misconduct in a public office for assisting a London-based crime group. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/corrupt-border-officer-aided-organised-crime-group

An Albanian asylum seeker who arrived in Britain in a rubber boat is facing deportation after being jailed for 13 months for leading police on a terrifying 110mph chase. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13266705/albanian-asylum-seeker-high-risk-jailed-police-chase.html

The laws even go as far as stopping individuals from using the internet to encourage protest-related offences https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/met-police-fresh-powers-tackle-28940854

Met officers have disrupted a drug network who imported Class A drugs from France into the UK. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officers-intercept-a-criminal-network-bringing-drugs-into-the-uk-482031

Part of the busy south London hospital was sealed off after a number of people - including police officers - were exposed to the substance. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1884816/croydon-hospital-lockdown-woman-swallows-poison

£166,000 worth of suspected illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized by Trading Standards in a joint operation with Devon & Cornwall Police in South Devon recently. https://news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article/0b069a44-c5f1-ee11-9d62-6045bdd24049