UK Policing News

A man from Kirkby has been charged with drugs supply and a firearm offence after he was extradited from Spain following a Merseyside Police investigation. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/february-2026/man-from-kirkby-charged-with-drugs-and-a-firearm-offence-after-being-arrested-in-spain/ Good this drug dealer has been extradited to face justice for drugs supply and a firearm offence👍

At around 6pm on Tuesday 24 February 2026, we were called to reports of males armed with machetes on Bury New Road, Prestwich. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/february/three-teenagers-arrested-following-knife-point-robbery-in-prestwich/ Good arrest by officers with all three suspects being detained. Four machetes were recovered from boys aged between 13 and 16, on suspicion of robbery.👏

https://news.sky.com/story/london-bridge-terror-attack-officer-sacked-over-offensive-traveller-messages-13510335 One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge terror attack has been sacked for gross misconduct for his use of the word "pikey" in messages about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people.

A Met officer has been dismissed for driving police cars without adequate training and misrepresenting his qualifications and experience. https://news.met.police.uk/news/chief-inspector-dismissed-for-gross-misconduct-506493 Another Chief inspector that lied Ch Insp Du also told his colleagues and managers that he had previously been posted to the Met's firearms command. He had never served in that team in any capacity and now dismissed for his lies.

A Metropolitan Police officer who drove to work to avoid being late despite not having a UK licence or insurance has been sacked. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uninsured-met-police-officer-drove-to-work-to-avoid-being-late/ar-AA1WYq3y?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=699dbd52c3be4508b6a5d61ecebf876e&ei=8 What a stupid man being a police officer driving to work having no driving licence or insurance on the road and quite clear why he was sacked .🤔

We have arrested a man on suspicion of drug offences following a warrant in Speke yesterday, Tuesday 24 February. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/february-2026/man-arrested-and-drugs-and-cash-seized-following-warrant-in-speke/ Good result for officers who have arrested a drug dealer with drugs and cash seized👏

An organised crime group peddling fake, dangerous and illegal weight loss drugs has been disrupted following two warrants executed on Tuesday (24 February). https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2026/feb/significant-disruption-to-ocg-producing-unlicenced-weight-loss-medication/ Good work by police in shutting down this illicit manufacturing facility and find the gang behind this and bring them to justice🫰

A 23-year-old man from Crawley and a 42-year-old man from Saltdean have been jailed for running the ‘Charlie’ drug line. https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/news/two-men-jailed-in-connection-to-charlie-drugs-line/ Good work by the Sussex Police and Metropolitan Police in bringing down the drug dealers bringing them to justice.👏

Two people have been charged following an operation targeting a gang suspected of supplying drugs across the county. https://www.herts.police.uk/news/hertfordshire/news/2026/february-2026/two-charged-following-operation-targeting-county-lines-drug-gang/ Good result the police that Hertfordshire Constabulary‘s County Lines Investigation Unit (CLIU), along with officers from the Operational Support Group and the Eastern Regional Special Operations Unit, raided addresses in Hemel Hempstead and Watford on Thursday 19 February. Two men were arrested during the operation and Class A drugs (crack cocaine and heroin), a stun gun, three knives and £6,000 in cash was seized.👏

A pair of people smugglers who arranged the transport of Vietnamese migrants to the UK hidden in lorries have been convicted. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smugglers-who-arranged-hgv-transport-for-migrants-are-convicted People smugglers like the two deserve to be put behind bars and not given bail until there court case.😠

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/22/met-police-ai-tools-officer-misconduct-palantir Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned. The Police Federation has called it 'automated suspicion'. What do others think?

A disciplinary hearing, which concluded on Thursday, 19 February, found that PC Brendan Jones, of the West Area Basic Command Unit, made a discriminatory remark while in the presence of another officer. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-officer-dismissed-for-making-discriminatory-comment-506443 Wonder what he said to lose his job with a discriminatory remark while in the presence of another officer🤔

Two drug farmers were foiled after police discovered a hole in the wall linking two cannabis farms. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2026/february/video-hole-in-the-wall-leads-police-to-uncover-two-cannabis-farms/ Good work by officers in arresting the drug dealers and shutting down the two cannabis farms.👏

Two men from Coventry have been jailed for nearly a decade each after a terrifying pair of armed robberies in the city https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/february/pair-of-coventry-burglars-jailed-after-violent-thefts-in-city/ Good work by WMP in bringing this pair to justice and now behind bars for breaking in and threatening the occupants with weapons.👏

A man has been charged after cash, designer jewellery and clothing were seized in Liverpool city centre. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/february-2026/man-charged-after-jewellery-cash-and-designer-clothes-found-in-liverpool-city-centre/ Good stop by officers stopped and searched the mans car leading to a arrest was arrested on suspicion of drugs, money laundering and firearm offences.👏