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A former police officer who was sacked for sending fake text messages to a colleague’s partner has got his job back. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-officer-sacked-sending-fakes-4147389.amp

British police must respond to “real and growing concerns” about racism within their own ranks, a watchdog has said, as protests continued across the UK in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-protests-george-floyd-black-lives-matter-british-police-a9549726.html%3famp

A mob of 100 people reportedly 'pushed and kicked' at police officers as they attempted to arrest a drugs suspect in Manchester. View On Police Oracle

Three men have been arrested following the biggest drug seizure ever made in Northern Ireland by the National Crime Agency. As part of an ongoing NCA investigation into drug supply, NCA officers, in a joint operation with colleagues from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, moved in to stop a lorry in the Templepatrick area in the early hours of Wednesday 3 June. NCA and PSNI officers recovered an estimated 600 kilos of herbal cannabis from among a cover load of vegetables. The drugs had an estimated street value in Northern Ireland of between £10-12 million. NCA investigators arrested three men, including the lorry driver, on suspicion of conspiring to import …

A Birmingham man has been arrested for allegedly selling fake coronavirus testing kits on the dark and open webs, as part of the National Crime Agency’s response against criminals trying to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic. The 38-year-old, who was arrested at his home in the city’s Jewellery Quarter, was taken into custody yesterday for alleged offences under the Fraud Act 2006. He is believed to have sold the kits to customers in the UK and United States. NCA officers seized small quantities of what is believed to be cocaine and heroin, and business records which are now being examined. A second property was searched in Edgbaston, Birmingham, where suspected fake Co…

A man who conspired with two others to import 95 lethal handguns into the UK has been jailed for more than 15 years, following an investigation by the joint NCA and Metropolitan Police Service Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). Michael Nicholls, 28, from Slough was found guilty in July 2018 of working with Denis Kulencukov, 26 and Stephen Spires, 38 to import the weapons into the UK from mainland Europe. Kolencukov was arrested on 1 July 2017 after 79 handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were seized by Border Force officers based at Coqeulles, France, following a tip off from the OCP. The weapons were hidden in specially adapted concealments in engine block…

Demonstrators have gathered in London after the death of a black man in the US which has seen a police officer charged with third-degree murder. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2020/05/30/protesters-gather-in-peckham-after-george-floyd-killing-in-us/