UK Policing News

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

#CHARGED | We've charged a Birmingham man with offences including false imprisonment, three counts of serious assault, making threats to kill and administering poison with intent to endanger life. https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/birmingham-man-charged-offences-including-false-imprisonment-serious-assaults-making-threats

Worried officers have proposed setting up food banks for police recruits, The Independent can reveal, as one in 10 admit to relying on handouts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/living-hand-to-mouth-record-number-of-police-officers-turning-to-food-banks/ar-BB1kN7Dc?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f95e8bbdd0a445f196f813ca852cd88c&ei=31

A police officer filmed himself having sex with a woman at a work Christmas party, then shared it with colleagues, a misconduct hearing has been told. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe33jy1q56o

A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been found not guilty of raping a woman while on duty. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68724413