UK Policing News

A former police and community support officer has admitted making an explosive substance and importing prohibited weapons. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pcso-35-admits-making-bombs-after-police-find-weapons-at-her-home/ar-BB1gShKD?ocid=msedgdhp

A METROPOLITAN Police officer is under investigation for chanting "free Palestine" at a protest in London. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1437701/London-news-Met-Police-officer-Free-Palestine-Israel-protest-video-investigation-latest Some officers never learn to keep quite 🤐

A crime gang who dressed as key workers to avoid capture during the first UK lockdown, joking about a weekly clap for drug dealers, have been jailed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9588765/Drugs-gang-dressed-key-workers-dodge-police-Covid-lockdown.html

Police are appealing for information following disorder in Croydon in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://news.met.police.uk/news/disorder-in-croydon-appeal-for-information-about-those-involved-in-knife-crime-427348

Met officers worked overnight to close down an event in Bow, forcing entry to the illegal party and providing first aid to a critically ill man. https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-critical-following-illegal-event-in-bow-427349

A fake ticket warden could be arrested for impersonating a police officer and issuing fines to commuters. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/traffic-warden-vigilante-slaps-fake-1-000-parking-tickets-on-cars/ar-BB1gJMWb?ocid=msedgdhp

A drug dealer who stockpiled two submachine guns and 300 rounds of ammunition at his flat has been jailed for 16 years. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/drug-dealer-stockpile-submachine-guns-north-london-jailed-16-years-b934370.html

Nine police officers were injured and missiles were thrown amid efforts to disperse pro-Palestine protesters outside the Israeli Embassy in London on Saturday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9581879/Thousands-protesters-march-Hyde-Park-solidarity-people-Palestine.html

A Met Police officer caught on CCTV beating a man over the head with his baton has been convicted of assault. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/cctv-met-police-officer-assault-romford-b935305.html

Twenty-nine men have been charged in connection with child sexual exploitation crimes against a young girl. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bradford-calderdale-group-sexual-exploitation-child-b934828.html

A shocking video shows the moment a masked gang forced a Mercedes off the road. The masked gang, who were all wearing dark clothing and face coverings, then set upon the Mercedes with baseball bats in Tuebrook, Liverpool. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9571837/Masked-gang-force-Mercedes-road-attack-driver-baseball-bat-fleeing-cash.html

A corrupt police officer helped an organised crime gang steal from their rivals in a Line of Duty-style multimillion-pound plot, a court heard. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/officer-used-squad-car-to-stop-vehicles-he-knew-carrying-drug-cash/ar-BB1gFvxO?ocid=msedgdhp

Eight people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency operation targeting a suspected network of cash couriers responsible for laundering more than £50 million in criminal profits. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-targets-international-money-laundering-network

Pair claimed they'd taken the coach to Belgium to get the air conditioning fixed Two men from the north west have been convicted after attempting to smuggle 243 kilos of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/cocaine-coach-trip-duo-convicted-over-19m-smuggling-plot

Police are appealing for a mother to get medical help after her newborn baby was found dead in the Grand Union Canal. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-mother-after-body-of-newborn-baby-found-in-canal-b934090.html