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Police 'must be investigated' over Operation Midland, says former top judge 30 July 2019 Related TopicsCarl Beech case Image copyright Crown Prosecution Service Image caption Carl Beech's fake cl…

Met Police officers have been accused of brutality after video emerged of the arrest of a man who had parked on a single yellow line. https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-accused-brutality-arrest-tower-hamlets/ This video is circulating on social media with various news outlets picking up on it, why is their such an outrage, reading the statement below, the chap was asked “17 times to either produce his driving licence or move his vehicle. He does not do so” Why be so awkward? Detailed account below http://lovewapping.org/2019/07/arrest-of-a-male-in-aberfeldy-9th-july-statement-by-mps-tower-hamlets/

Eight members of a crime group that supplied class A drugs across England and laundered millions of pounds through sham companies, have today been sentenced to a total of 70 years imprisonment. 26 July 2019 Eight members of a crime group that supplied class A drugs across England and laundered millions of pounds through sham companies, have today been sentenced to a total of 70 years imprisonment. Members of the organisation supplied, cocaine and other illegal drugs, and transferred at least £1.8m in illicit profits offshore via sham company bank accounts. Left: Baljinder Kang. Row 1: Webster Kenton, Abid Rasul, Aminoor Ahmed Row 2: Sukhjinder Pooney, Amir Ali, Kie…

Eight members of a crime group that supplied class A drugs across England and laundered millions of pounds through sham companies, have today been sentenced to a total of 70 years imprisonment. 26 July 2019 Eight members of a crime group that supplied class A drugs across England and laundered millions of pounds through sham companies, have today been sentenced to a total of 70 years imprisonment. Members of the organisation supplied, cocaine and other illegal drugs, and transferred at least £1.8m in illicit profits offshore via sham company bank accounts. Left: Baljinder Kang. Row 1: Webster Kenton, Abid Rasul, Aminoor Ahmed Row 2: Sukhjinder Pooney, Amir Ali, Kie…

A man from Norfolk has been sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 17-and-a-half years for supplying firearms following a covert National Crime Agency investigation. 26 July 2019 44-year-old Jurijs Ragozins from Kings Lynn was arrested on Friday 26 April after offering to sell weapons to an undercover NCA officer. He was unaware that his meetings had been under surveillance by the NCA and the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU). Twelve Turkish-made Zoraki handguns, 29 stun guns, and ammunition were recovered by investigators. They had been hidden inside a water pump and computer tower which were both in the boot of his car at the time o…

An HGV driver is tonight beginning an eight-year prison sentence for smuggling £1.7m worth of cocaine into the UK. 26 July 2019 Romanian national Ghiorghita Hapau, aged 42, was stopped as part of intelligence led activity in Portsmouth on April 29. The HGV, which originated from Italy and with a manifested consignment of sheet metal, had been travelling from Le Havre in France. The NCA began the investigation after Border Force officers searched the lorry and found the lining of the cab unit was loose. A sealed package containing 21kgs of cocaine was found concealed inside. The drugs had a street value of £1.7m. Hapau admitted drugs smuggling and was jailed at Port…

One-hundred firearms have been seized and 27 people arrested in the second national operation targeting customers who bought illegal blank-firing weapons online. 26 July 2019 The suspects were arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) after buying the forward venting blank firing guns from sellers across Europe. While these weapons can be purchased with limited restrictions in many countries, they are illegal in the UK. As they can be readily converted to fire live ammunition, they represent a significant criminal risk. The operation, which focused around a week of action at the beginning of July, was co-ordinated by the NCA and involved police forces and Regiona…

Four people have been charged with being part of a large scale alleged people smuggling network set up to facilitate illegal migrants from Iraq and Iran to the UK. 25 July 2019 Four people have been charged with being part of a large scale alleged people smuggling network set up to facilitate illegal migrants from Iraq and Iran to the UK. The four - Tarik Namik (42) from Oldham, Hajar Ahmed (36) from Manchester, Soran Saliy (39) and Habil Gider (51) both from Stoke - were arrested in a series of National Crime Agency raids in 2018 across Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester. They were charged yesterday (24 July) with conspiracy to help asylum seekers enter the UK between t…

A 25-year old man have been arrested on suspicion of committing Computer Misuse Act (CMA) and fraud offences, following the recent cyber incident affecting Lancaster University. Officers from the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) arrested the man on Monday (22 July) and he has since been released under investigation while enquiries are ongoing. Information on how businesses and individuals can protect themselves from cyber criminals is available on the National Cyber Security Centre’s website – www.ncsc.gov.uk. Businesses or individuals can report cyber attacks to Action Fraud via their website – www.actionfraud.police.uk. View the full article

A drug trafficker has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after investigators found 6kg heroin concealed in a suitcase packed with fabric and children’s clothing. Constante Pineiro Martinez, a Spanish national aged 57, arrived on a Jet2 flight from Girona, Spain into Leeds Bradford Airport on 26 May 2019. Martinez was stopped by Border Force officers, where he claimed that he was in the UK to see a girlfriend he’d met in Tenerife. He said he was only carrying hand luggage but a non-descript grey suitcase was left unclaimed on the baggage carousel and had Martinez’s name on. When interrogated by officers he changed his story, saying a Dutchman had asked him to brin…

The Annual Report & Accounts detail the work of the agency to fight serious and organised crime in 2012/19. 22 July 2019 Serious and Organised crime presents a chronic threat to the UK, and has a corrosive effect on our communities and our economy. It affects more UK citizens, more frequently than any other national security threat, killing more of our citizens every year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. “We also established new, multi-agency centres to tackle chronic national issues such as economic crime and County Lines offending. “However, demand on the NCA is already high, and continues to grow. Advances in technology, continued criminal …