UK Policing News

A "career criminal" is back in prison after leading officers on a high-speed pursuit through Hyson Green. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2026/august/video-man-back-in-prison-after-75mph-hyson-green-pursuit/ A man with with 28 convictions for 96 offences as now been put behind bars who was arrested at the scene and taken into custody, where he was charged with multiple offences.👏

We’ve charged a man with multiple offences after two officers were attacked on the Soho Road as they tried to detain a man. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/august/man-charged-with-attacking-officers-on-soho-road/ Good he has been charged for wounding with one of the officers with intent, and assaulting a second one and hope the court gives him a decent sentence and the officers are ok.👍

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) worked alongside the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Spanish authorities to locate Gwinnett and begin the process of her return to the UK where she will serve her sentence. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/july/pamela-gwinnett-arrested-at-manchester-airport-after-being-extradited-back-to-the-uk/ Justice now served and will spend her time in jail👍 but Unfortunately, the victim in this case sadly passed away in 2022.☹️

Three men have been jailed for a combined total of 15 years and 6 months following an investigation into a smash and grab robbery at a jewellery shop in Richmond. https://news.met.police.uk/pressreleases/three-plead-guilty-in-richmond-smash-and-grab-robbery-3458404 Good work by the MET in bringing the smash and grab gang to justice and now behind bars,👏

Met officers have seized an estimated £4 million in cash and a kilo of cocaine following a proactive policing operation in south London. https://news.met.police.uk/pressreleases/met-seizes-ps4m-in-cash-following-stop-and-search-3459610 Great work by officers who stopped a suspicious vehicle and arrested a drug dealer along with drugs and £4 million in cash concealed in multiple bags after Further searches at an address linked to him 👏

More than 100 criminals linked to drug and gun crime in Merseyside have been jailed as a result of investigations by a specialist team formed in 2021. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/850-years-in-jail-for-criminals-and-70m-worth-of-drugs-seized-by-specialist-merseyside-team Good work all round by the NCA in bringing down the people who are kingpins of the drug trade and The OCP, composed of officers from Merseyside Police and the National Crime Agency, has taken 33 firearms off the streets, secured the forfeiture of £1.8m criminal cash, and identified a further £51m in criminal benefit which is subject to confiscation proceedings.👏👏

A Carlisle man will appear at court charged with rape and sexual assault following a police investigation. https://www.news.cumbria.police.uk/news/carlisle-man-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault Good he has been brought to justice and not now 👍 as he was a Special Constable, Police Community Support Officer and Police Constable between 2015 and 2024 before leaving the force in 2024.

Our Road Harm Prevention Team has again made significant strides in improving road safety across the West Midlands. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/july/over-100-vehicles-seized-by-our-road-harm-prevention-team/ Good crackdown by Road Harm Prevention Team and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) with 96 vehicles were seized because the drivers either didn’t have a valid driving licence or didn’t have insurance.👏

A Met officer is due to appear in court charged with two counts of rape and one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-charged-with-rape-511514 Can,t comment till his case comes to court ☹️

We can confirm that four men have been jailed for a combined 34 years and six months following a firearms discharge in Kirkdale. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/july-2026/four-men-jailed-for-combined-34-years-after-shooting-in-kirkdale/ Good work by police bringing the four to justice and now behind bars.👍

https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/21/body-camera-catches-norfolk-police-making-racist-transphobic-comments-29190207/ This makes for a very troubling read. Among other things, an officer actually said to her colleagues 'I illegally stop, search IC3 females and then I arrest them’. What makes it worse is that, if I have read the story correctly, it would seem that none of her colleagues reported her for that comment. How can the police expect the public to trust them when we see officers turning a blind eye to their colleagues acting unlawfully?

NCA and Border Force seized 54 handguns and 764 rounds of ammunition from smuggler's cars. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/bulgarian-man-jailed-over-dozens-of-guns-and-massive-amount-of-ammunition Good work by border force and NCA by when he tried to enter the country on 4 February this year with dozens of guns and massive amount of ammunition that wont ever get into the wrong hands.👏

Two members of an Albanian organised crime group have been jailed for drugs and firearms offences. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/albanian-crime-group-duo-jailed-over-cocaine-and-semi-automatic-handgun Good work by the NCA in arresting the drug dealers Two members of an Albanian organised crime group have been jailed for drugs and firearms offences.👏

Two men have appeared in court following a fire in Solihull where cars and houses were damaged. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/july/two-charged-after-solihull-fire/ Good work by officers in bringing the two to justice 👍

A routine stop on a Lake District road looked harmless at first, but the moment the boot opened everything in that car felt suddenly dangerous. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2232836/police-who-stop-suspicious-driver Great work by officers who stopped a driver in a popular UK holiday hotspot and only to find the vehicle rammed full of cocaine that won,t ever get onto the streets and now behind bars.👏