UK Policing News

44 people have been arrested and 35 potential victims have been identified in the UK as part of a Europe-wide operation targeting modern slavery and human trafficking. 9 August 2019 The week of action, which took place between 17 and 23 June, was co-ordinated in the UK by the National Crime Agency, and involved 18 different police forces as well as Border Force and Immigration Enforcement. UK partners carried out 203 visits across business and residential premises, carrying out welfare and safeguarding checks and raising awareness. A multi-agency team also carried out checks at Stansted Airport, monitoring incoming flights from high risk countries and speaking to g…

A lip-syncing policeman has put smiles on revellers' faces during a pride event with his flawless rendition of a Steps dance routine. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7323093/Dancing-policeman-delights-crowd-Brighton-Pride-performs-Steps-hit-Scared-Dark.html

By Sarah Corker BBC News 8 August 2019 Related TopicsKnife crime Image copyright Manchester Evening News Image caption Some 1,509 knife possession offences involving women were recor…

This is the moment a snarling thug bit half an ear off a police officer in a sickening attack that landed him eight years in jail for 'using his teeth as a weapon'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7331539/Thug-37-caught-CCTV-biting-half-police-officers-ear-jailed-eight-years.html

31 July 2019 Related TopicsKnife crime Image copyright Met Police handout Schools in areas with a higher risk of youth violence should be given dedicated police officers, say MPs. The Home Affairs Committee criticised the government's current violence reduction strategy as "completely inadequate". It called on the new Prime Minister, Boris John…

A Met Police officer has admitted buying buying pornography at the family home of a dead child while he waited for the undertaker to turn up - and charging it to the grieving relatives. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7262107/Police-officer-admits-buying-PORNOGRAPHY-waiting-undertakers-home-dead-child.html

Three men and a woman have been arrested for attacking a police officer at the Tommy Robinson protests in central London https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tommy-robinson-protest-london-arrests-assault-police-medic-oxford-circus-a9038641.html%3famp

An international law enforcement investigation has resulted in one of the largest ever seizures of heroin in the UK. 06 August 2019 An international law enforcement investigation has resulted in one of the largest ever seizures of heroin in the UK. NCA intelligence had identified a container vessel suspected of carrying a large drugs shipment en route to Antwerp, Belgium. The vessel docked in Felixstowe on 1st August. The following day, officers from Border Force and the NCA removed a container in which approximately 398 kilograms of heroin was concealed within a cover load of towels and bathrobes. The heroin was removed and the container returned to the vessel, wh…

A DRINK-DRIVING police officer was struck off after turning up to work stinking of booze. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9632005/drink-driving-police-officer-booze/ stupid woman now lost her job .

The find is believed to be the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port 3 August 2019 A man has been charged after a National Crime Agency investigation into the discovery of 60 firearms in a car. On Friday morning (2 August) Border Force officers stopped a Volkswagen Passat arriving at the Port of Dover from Calais. An initial search recovered a Sig Sauer P226 blank firing handgun, with a barrel converted to fire live ammunition in the car’s rear-left quarter panel. The NCA adopted the investigation. Subsequent searches by specialist deep-rummage teams unearthed another 59 firearms concealed deeply inside the car’s bumper and both rear quarter panel…

COPS have been blasted for competing to build the biggest tower of police hats — as knife crime hits record levels. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9595323/cops-hat-towers-amid-knife-crime/

A respected PCSO has died of a suspected heart attack hours after footage emerged of him being surrounded and taunted by a group of youths. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7307361/PSCO-dies-suspected-heart-attack-hours-taunted-group-youths.html

"We will not stop hunting you," fugitives told 1 August 2019 Suspected murderers, sex offenders and drugs traffickers are among just 11 fugitives left on the run in a campaign that has seen 84 offenders already caught across Europe. Today, the National Crime Agency and the charity Crimestoppers are urging the public to help us catch the last fugitives who have escaped justice. All of them have connections to Spain but may have moved around over the years and will be using false identities. We are re-releasing their details as millions of Brits are enjoying their summer holidays abroad. The 11 include Sarah Panitzke. Panitzke, 45, from Fulford, near York, is want…

A Northern Irish woman with suspected links to serious organised crime has been ordered to explain how she financed the purchase of six properties worth around £3.2 million in total. 31 July 2019 The National Crime Agency believes the woman is associated with criminals involved in paramilitary activity and cigarette smuggling. Details of the Unexplained Wealth Order, which was obtained at the High Court last Wednesday (24 July), can now be revealed after the order was served yesterday afternoon (30 July). The order is part of the NCA investigation into properties owned by the woman who now lives in London. Four of the properties are located in the capital and two a…