UK Policing News

Two men who carried out a string of burglaries and thefts from shops, post offices and a garage across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex have been jailed. https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2026/may/two-men-jailed-for-string-of-raids-on-post-offices-and-shops/ Good work by officers bringing the two to justice and now behind bars.👏

Ten members of an organised crime gang have been jailed following an investigation into the large-scale importation and supply of cannabis worth more than £19 million. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/may/organised-crime-gang-weeded-out-as-ten-jailed-for-a-combined-32-years/ Good work by GMP in bringing drug dealers to justice 👏 but again let down by the court with there soft sentences that are a joke for drug dealing😡 time courts start dishing out stronger sentences when it comes to dealing.👍

More than 170 wanted criminals have been arrested during a live facial recognition pilot in Croydon, which saw static cameras deployed for the first time. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-makes-one-arrest-every-35-minutes-during-live-facial-recognition-pilot-509256 Good crackdown by the MET with arrests with wanted people using live facial recognition and bringing them to justice,👏

A shop worker has been jailed for 10 years after raping a woman in the toilets of the Wednesbury store he was working in. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/may/shop-worker-jailed-for-10-years-for-rape-in-wednesbury/ Good work by police in bringing him to justice and jailed for 10 years after raping a woman in the toilets👍

A teenage boy was arrested by officers from our Neighbourhood Policing Team in south Manchester on Monday (11 May 2026), following a proactive plain clothes operation to combat drug dealing in the area. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/may/teenager-arrested-after-proactive-drug-dealing-operation-in-chorlton/ Good work by officers in arresting and removing a drug dealer and drugs from from getting onto the streets.👏

A 37-year-old Brighton man has been jailed for 15 years for the rape and sexual assault of a child. https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/court-results/brighton-man-jailed-for-rape-and-sexual-abuse-of-14-year-old-girl/ Good he has been brought to justice and safe to say he is behind bars for 15 years and can do no more harm to rape and sexual assault of a child.👏

A man from Bradford has been jailed after admitted to a number of child sexual offences. https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/man-jailed-sexual-communication-child-offences Good work by Bradford’s Online Child Abuse Investigation team in bringing him to justice and he was sentenced to six years and three months in prison👏

Police seized drugs, cash, and suspected stolen e-bikes and caravans following warrants at a site near Horsham. https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/news/drugs-vehicles-and-e-bikes-seized-following-warrants-near-horsham/ Good raid by police with four suspected stolen e-bikes worth thousands of pounds were seized by police and recovered. Two suspected stolen caravans were also seized and removed from the site, while drugs and cash worth an estimated £6,000 was seized. 👏

A man has been arrested following a pursuit in Birmingham in the early hours of this morning (Sun). https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/may/man-arrested-and-weapons-and-drugs-recovered-following-pursuit/ The driver failed to stop and was arrested on suspicion of wounding, dangerous driving, possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession of a knife, driving whilst disqualified and drink / drug driving and the officers involved are OK and the drug dealer now in police custody.👏

Two people have been arrested and a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs – including a 20 litre barrel of a substance believed to be used in the manufacture of them– have been seized in Salford this morning. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/may/two-arrested-drugs-and-twenty-litres-of-chemicals-recovered-in-early-morning-warrant/ Good work by GMP with the arrest of drug dealers and sized drugs from getting onto the streets.👏

A man who moderated multiple dark web sites which shared indecent images of children has been sentenced to six years in prison, following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/global-moderator-of-child-sexual-abuse-sites-sentenced Scum like him should be locked up for life not the sentence given six years in prison.🤬

Three men have been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison, after our investigation into an attempted robbery in Small Heath led to the discovery of a shotgun and several knives. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/may/three-sentenced-after-shotgun-and-knives-seized-following-attempted-robbery-in-birmingham/ Good work by WMP in bringing the three to justice with there shotgun and several knives removed and a decent sentence given by the court for attempted robbery 👏

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at the City of London Police have carried out a major operation targeting a growing trend of TikTok shop accounts using influencers to push counterfeit goods to thousands of viewers. https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2026/may/six-arrested-as-tiktok-shop-influencers-targeted-in-counterfeit-goods-crackdown/ Good crackdown by CLP with Six people were arrested on suspicion of distributing goods bearing false trademark, under the Trademarks Act 1994 and nearly £1.5 million worth of counterfeit clothing and trainers was seized. 👏

A haulage company boss who used his business as cover for transporting cocaine has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-haulage-company-boss-sentenced-for-cocaine-conspiracy Good work by the NCA in bringing down the drug dealing boss👏 and one of his HGV drivers to collect 15kg of cocaine worth £615,000 and put a stop for drugs getting onto the streets and both now behind bars for there part in bringing drugs into the UK.👏

Thousands of packs of counterfeit cigarettes have been seized from a suspected brothel in Smethwick. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/may/three-arrested-and-thousands-of-cigarettes-seized-from-suspected-brothel-in-smethwick/ Good work by WMP in shutting down and arrests at the brothel with thousands of cigarettes seized👏They are all in custody today as our enquiries continue.👍