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A driver who reversed his van over an injured police officer as he lay in the road is being sought today. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-hunt-suspect-who-reversed-van-over-policeman-as-he-lay-injured-in-the-street-a4193851.html
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Gold worth around £4 million has been seized by the National Crime Agency as part of an international investigation into a suspected South American drugs cartel. Officers from Border Force, acting on intelligence from the NCA, moved in to detain the shipment at Heathrow on 1 June. It was being transported from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland, having earlier been shipped to the Caymans on a private jet which had arrived from Venezuela. The gold is now the subject of a money laundering investigation being run by the Cayman authorities, with the assistance of the NCA. The bars and pieces of gold, which together weigh around 104 kilos, have been seized under the Proce…
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The Metropolitan Police's computer system has been hacked in a late-night attack. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7266693/Metropolitan-Police-email-hacked-late-night-cyber-attack.html
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A serving Metropolitan Police officer is facing a lengthy prison term in the Caribbean after he was convicted of raping a woman. Constable Lee Martin-Cramp used his job to win the victim's trust before carrying out the "most deplorable" attack while on holiday in Antigua in May 2015. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/met-police-pc-found-guilty-of-raping-woman-in-antigua/ar-AABPGT8?ocid=spartanntp
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"Home Office lacks plan, skills, budget control or achievable deadlines, says watchdog" https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/17/pac_emergency_services_network_report/ More they seem to do, the longer it seems to take them. Not usable as a relay, no Aircraft sets specced out, vehicle sets aren't ready yet, and if I hear correctly from other tech press the handsets weren't up to sniff either.
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A police officer thought his arm was being “ripped off” after his hand got caught in a stinger while trying to stop a dangerous driver on the M4. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/shane-moon-m4-police-chase-16599724
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THIS is the dramatic moment cops took down a gun-toting drug gang after spotting the weapon on CCT https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9528196/dramatic-moment-cops-take-down-drugs-gang-caught-on-camera-brandishing-gun-in-broad-daylight/
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A businessman with suspected links to serious organised criminals has been ordered to reveal the source of funds used to start and develop his £10 million property empire. 18 July 2019 A businessman from the north of England with suspected links to serious organised criminals has been ordered to reveal the source of funds used to start and develop his £10 million property empire. An Unexplained Wealth Order was obtained at the High Court on Friday (July 12) as part of the National Crime Agency investigation into eight properties bought by the businessman in various locations across the country. The NCA has secured a number of UWOs previously, but this is the first t…
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A detective from Beds Police has today pleaded guilty to stealing over £9,000 from the force's major crime unit. https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/crime/beds-police-detective-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-9k-from-major-crime-unit-1-9001094
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16 July 2019 The three London Bridge attackers, who killed eight people in 2017, were lawfully killed by police, an inquest has found. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get th…
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This is Britain’s longest serving police officer, who at 74 has been pounding the beat for 50 years. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meet-britains-longest-serving-police-17996563.amp
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Extinction Rebellion activists are taking to the streets across five cities in the UK as part of a "summer uprising". https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/extinction-rebellion-summer-uprising-live-climate-activists-take-to-the-streets-in-london-glasgow-a4189711.html Looks like the police will have there work cut out again UK.
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Seven people have been injured after a car drove into a group as they left a hotel in south London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/attempted-murder-probe-after-car-drives-into-group-of-people-in-battersea-injuring-seven-a4189346.html
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Image copyright Ian Georgeson Image caption The police vehicle was responding to a call at the time of the crash A woman has been seriously injured in a crash involving a police car in the Borders. The collision took place on the A72 at Horsburgh Ford near Peebles at about 19:20 on Saturday. The marked police vehicle, which was responding to a call, hit a BMW car before coming to rest on its side. A 36-year-old woman who was passenger in the BMW was taken to Borders General Hospital after the crash. She remains in a serious condition. The 44-year-old man who was driving the BMW and two children, aged five and one, were taken to hospital as…
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A high-rolling Cheshire businesswoman caught with £1.5 million of cocaine concealed within a sophisticated hide in the boot of her car has been jailed for ten years. Stephanie Nelson, aged 30, who owns Porsche Cosmetics and lived in a luxury house in Wilmslow, posted dozens of pictures on Instagram showing her enjoying exotic holidays, staying in expensive hotels and posing on yachts around the globe. As part of a National Crime Agency investigation, officers established it was not only beauty treatments that were funding her lifestyle. On 10 June this year, Nelson was observed driving her Hyundai iX35 into the car park of The Yeoman pub in Bearsted, Kent, where she …
