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A pregnant teacher today told of her terror after her car was flagged down and stolen by bogus traffic police. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/pregnant-teacher-tells-of-terror-after-her-13k-bmw-was-stolen-by-men-posing-as-police-in-southeast-a4045401.html
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Home News Man arrested and 11 potential victims safeguarded after anti-slavery operation Return to News 22 January 2019 A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences within the construction industry as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. Supported by colleagues from the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Metropolitan Police Service, NCA officers led an operation at a property …
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In mobile phone footage posted on Twitter two men can be seen punching and kicking the male and female officer as scores of people pass without intervening. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6404293/Gang-yobs-attack-two-policemen-shocking-London-street-assault.html A lucky escape for one of the officer's, passing bus could have easily resulted in serious injury 😡
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Home News Manchester men jailed after a gun was thrown from their car Return to News Two Manchester men – including one who went on the run for three months – have been found guilty of firearms offences and jailed for six years each following an NCA investigation. Aqeel Ilyas, aged 22, and Salman Gull, aged 24, were sentenced today (Monday 21 January) at Manchester Crown Court. Both had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. Gull went o…
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A man who racially abused and assaulted two officers has been jailed following a disturbance in Harlow. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/brought-to-justice/2019/01jan/man-convicted-for-officer-assaults-and-abuse-in-ha/
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A new generation of unhackable mobile phones is allowing criminals to plot murders and drug deals with no fear their conversations will ever be exposed. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sold-liverpool-3k-year-mobile-15652444
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Two police detectives with a "cynical disdain" for alleged child sex abuse victims sabotaged a string of cases because they were too lazy to investigate properly, the Old Bailey heard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-detectives-with-cynical-distain-for-alleged-child-sex-abuse-victims-were-too-lazy-to-a4041766.html
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Londonderry: Police investigate suspected car bomb 19 January 2019 Police are investigating a suspected car bomb in Londonderry. Pictures show a car on fire at Bishop Street Court House. It happened at about 20:15 GMT on Saturday. Image Copyright @…
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A man has been arrested after allegedly carrying a sword on train. Armed police descended on Dartford station in Kent shortly before 12.45pm on Friday and arrested a 23-year-old man on the platform. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/dartford-station-man-with-sword-arrested-after-armed-police-descend-on-busy-train-station-a4043221.html
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Return to News Three men who ran a dark web business selling the potentially lethal drugs fentanyl and its analogue carfentanyl to customers across the UK and worldwide, have been jailed for a total of 43 and a half years. Jake Levene, 22, Lee Childs, 45, and Mandy Christopher Lowther, 21, were sentenced today at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to exporting and supplying class A drugs. The organised crime group (OCG) mixed fentanyl – which is up to 100 times stronger than morphine - and its analogue carfentanyl – which is 10,000 times stronger, with bulking agents at an industrial unit in Peel Street in Morley, Leeds. The drugs would then be sold ove…
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Image copyright Norfolk Constabulary Image caption Clive Eglen, of Woodwark Avenue, King's Lynn, admitted using a vehicle fitted with a siren A 58-year-old man who drove a Ford Mondeo with emergency-style blue lights fixed on the front has been fined. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-46876778 Clive Eglen, of King's Lynn, was ordered to pay a total of £430 after he admitted using a vehicle fitted with a siren. He was stopped by Norfolk Police in the town last April, with photos showing lights on the car grille and chequered black-and-white transfers on the sides. Magistrates fined Eglen £300, plus £130 in costs and a victim …
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Image copyright Google Image caption The A41 was shut both in both directions between the A416 for Berkhamsted and the Tring/Northchurch turn-off An off-duty police officer was killed when his motorbike crashed into a stationary vehicle on the A41. PC Kevin Flint, a Thames Valley Police officer based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, died on his way home from work on Tuesday, the force said. The crash happened on the northbound carriageway near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, just after 16:00 GMT. Ch Supt Steve Williams said he was confirming the death "with great sadness". "PC Flint's next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with them, …
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Image caption A team set up in 2018 to tackle county lines has made 220 arrests Violence linked to "county lines" drugs gangs operating in North Yorkshire has hit unprecedented levels in the past 18 months, police chiefs have said. Tackling heroin and crack cocaine in rural towns was North Yorkshire Police's "number one priority", said Det Ch Insp Graeme Wright. "The drug supply and market in many of our isolated and rural towns is booming," he said. A team set up nine months ago to tackle county lines has made 220 arrests. County lines refers to urban drug dealers expanding their activities into smaller towns and rural areas, often via phone n…
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A police officer was threatened with a loaded handgun when he questioned a suspect during a drugs stop in south London early today. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/suspect-pulls-gun-on-police-officer-in-drugs-swoop-a4040386.html good job the officers had a taser with them and no harm was done.
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Home News NCA recover £1.7 million in proceeds of crime linked to drug trafficking & money laundering gang Return to News 16 January 2019 The National Crime Agency has used proceeds of crime powers to seize property worth £1.7 million from associates of an organised crime group involved in drug supply in Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Nine men and four women connected to the group were sentenced at Stafford Crown Court i…
