UK Policing News

Five people have been arrested and 200 packages of Class A drugs have been seized after Met officers raided addresses in Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham, and Enfield this morning. https://news.met.police.uk/news/five-arrests-as-part-of-met-crackdown-on-drug-dealing-in-east-london-480609

A 35-year-old man from Boston has been charged with 12 offences, including seven commercial burglaries and two counts of false imprisonment. https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2024/mar-2024/boston-man-charged-for-commerical-burglaries-affrat-robbery-and-more/

The arrests came after officers from GMP’s City of Manchester Challenger team, a specialist team targeting serious and organised criminality, conducted an early morning warrant in Aked Close, Manchester. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/march/four-firearms-taken-off-the-streets-as-ten-arrested-in-crime-crackdown-in-north-manchester/

Two men have been jailed thanks to work which took place during a painstaking surveillance operation, following a number of gang shootings in Wandsworth in the summer of 2022. https://news.met.police.uk/news/surveillance-op-lands-drug-dealing-duo-in-jail-and-removes-guns-from-the-street-480633

A police officer shot dead when she interrupted an armed robbery “didn’t have a chance,” her injured colleague said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-officer-shot-dead-when-she-interrupted-robbery-didn-t-have-a-chance/ar-BB1jqzUf?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=13a9f33fb8064f3c89a7f1674d9171ad&ei=40 November 2005 was a sad day for the police to lose a officer doing her duty, now the seven are now going to face British justice and hope the all get life of 60 years each.

An investigation by Met detectives has resulted in a man being jailed after being convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a young girl. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-raping-young-girl-480556

Crews worked to save vital Met Police equipment form the burning building in Newham, East London https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/forest-gate-police-station-fire-28769827

A man who admitted making a false allegation about being sexually assaulted by a police officer has been jailed. https://policeprofessional.com/news/man-jailed-after-false-allegation-of-sexual-assault-by-officer/ That will teach you not to tell lies something that never was and only yourself to blame you got sent down.

Greater Manchester Police has today (Tuesday 5 March 2024) authorised a Section 60 order in the below defined area of Gorton. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2024/march/section-60-authorised-in-gorton-following-a-series-of-reports-to-police/

Detectives investigating a shooting in Battersea that left a man injured have charged three men. https://news.met.police.uk/news/three-charged-after-man-injured-in-battersea-shooting-480506

Detectives investigating an incident in Clapham on Friday 1 March have charged a man. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-charged-in-connection-with-clapham-firearms-incident-480498

A 50-year-old man has been jailed for six years after a National Crime Agency investigation identified him as the‘Global Moderator’ of a dark website dedicated to the sharing of child sexual abuse material. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/global-moderator-of-child-sex-abuse-website-sentenced People like him should be jailed for a lot longer.

The driver has been jailed for 6 months https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/watch-moment-dangerous-drink-driver-28695602

A South Kirkby man has been jailed after admitting carrying out armed robberies at a building society and bank in Wakefield and Ossett. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/man-jailed-robberies-building-society-and-bank-wakefield-and-ossett

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police carried out a week of action, carrying out interviews across the country as part of a crackdown on the supply of illegal streaming services, with a focus on individuals selling modified fire sticks. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/february/eleven-interviewed-during-week-of-action-to-tackle-the-supply-of-illegal-streaming-services/