UK Policing News

Over five tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of 200 million euros – the largest ever seizure in Europe in recent years – has been recovered from a sailing vessel in the Atlantic. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cocaine-worth-200million-euros-seized-from-sailing-yacht-off-the-coast-of-portugal

Detectives investigating an alleged sexual offence in Hackney have named a man they would like to speak to. https://news.met.police.uk/news/detectives-issue-appeal-to-trace-man-in-relation-to-sexual-offence-in-hackney-435959

A MAN is fighting for his life after three people were stabbed on a bus in the early hours of the morning. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1508673/Breaking-news-Mile-End-stabbing-bus-east-London-Met-Police

A former police officer from Kent has been sentenced after he admitted viewing child abuse material online. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ex-police-officer-accessed-child-abuse-material-online

A police constable who only paid a charity stall 10p for Jaffa Cakes worth £1 has been sacked for gross misconduct. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10094369/Police-officer-gets-fired-paying-charity-stall-10p-1-box-Jaffa-Cakes.html

An officer has been dismissed following the conclusion of a misconduct hearing. DC Stephen Proctor, who was attached to the South East Basic Command Unit, attended a hearing on Thursday, 14 October, where he was found to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour for Discreditable Conduct. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-for-failing-drugs-test-435701

A Met policeman who sent a photo of his penis to a female ex-colleague kept his job after being reported to the force, it has been revealed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10090201/Met-policeman-sent-photo-penis-ex-colleague-kept-job-reported.html

A man who posed as a police officer has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a young schoolgirl. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10095925/West-Sussex-man-arrested-posing-police-officer-trying-kidnap-teenage-girl.html

The Met are looking for two men who posed as police officers wielding batons to gain entry into a woman’s home. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-london-barking-fake-officers-flat-b960512.html

Former officer sentenced for harassing colleagues with malicious phone calls https://news.met.police.uk/news/former-officer-sentenced-for-harassing-colleagues-with-malicious-phone-calls-435584

A drugs gang who wore courier uniforms and identical pink backpacks to deliver drugs by moped across the capital have been jailed for a total of 37 and a half years. https://news.met.police.uk/news/courier-gang-who-ran-drugs-delivery-operation-jailed-following-investigation-by-specialist-detectives-435610

After weeks of pressure from all corners of the political world, Philip Allott has resigned as Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/philip-allott-resignation-his-open-letter-to-the-people-of-yorkshire-in-full-3419379

A total of 19 people have been arrested and large quantities of Class A drugs and cash have been seized after a series of dawn raids in Tower Hamlets. https://news.met.police.uk/news/19-arrested-in-tower-hamlets-after-early-morning-drugs-raids-435460

A man arrested by the National Crime Agency yesterday in connection with the supply of fraudulent passports to some of the UK’s most notorious organised criminals has been charged. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/criminal-passport-supply-gang-smashed-in-early-morning-nca-raids

A misconduct hearing has found that a former officer who had an inappropriate relationship with a suspect would have been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service. https://news.met.police.uk/news/former-detective-found-to-have-committed-gross-misconduct-435435