UK Policing News

A man has been charged with drug offences following discovery of cocaine in a car after it was stop searched in Walton. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/man-charged-with-drug-offences-found-in-walton/ Good stop by officers and following a search found numerous wraps of suspected cocaine in the vehicle leading to Four people who were also arrested in connection with drug offences have been released under investigation pending further enquiries and removing drugs and dealers from the streets.👏

Three men from Bournemouth have been charged as part of an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) into drug trafficking and money laundering. https://news.dorset.police.uk/news-article/b7a2bb0d-59fb-f011-9d8c-6045bdd24049 Good work by police in arresting the drug dealers and Another five men and one woman have been released under investigation👏

Officers have continued targeted enforcement activity in Liverpool as part of Operation Gears, resulting in seven arrests and the seizure of nine illegal vehicles last week. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/merseyside-police-continue-enforcement-activity-as-part-of-operation-gears/ Good crackdown by police on drug dealers and officers issued a number of road traffic offences for riding without insurance, with several vehicles removed from the streets as a result.👏

A man has been charged after shoes, cash and watches valued at an estimated £100,00 were seized at a property in Liverpool city centre. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/man-charged-after-shoes-cash-and-watches-valued-at-100000-seized-in-liverpool/ Good arrest by MSP and been charged with handling criminal property, assaulting an emergency worker, resisting arrest and being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug and possession of a Class B drug.👏

Two men have been arrested following a report of stolen goods which has led to an arsenal of weapons being found in St Helens. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/two-men-arrested-in-connection-with-stolen-goods-and-weapons-found-in-st-helens/ Good work by police after a search of the premises was conducted and officers found Zombie knives, air rifles, BB guns and crossbows and rid the streets of weapons that will do harm to people.👏

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after a firearms discharge in the city centre. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/january/six-detained-after-firearms-discharge-in-city-centre/ Good arrest by GMP when firearms are used and Six men aged between 23 and 26 years have all been arrested on suspicion of affray and firearms offences.👍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk88n50767o Two police officers have been jailed for violating their duty and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Connor Beggs, 32, and Kevin Montgomery, 35, deliberately botched an investigation into a domestic assault and framed two innocent men in Inverclyde. How does a police officer, someone whose job it is to uphold the law, get to the point where they can rationalize doing this? Framing innocent people for a crime you know they didn't do, how can an officer even begin to justify that in their own mind? This isn't some young in service cop getting his powers mixed up, or being a little unprofessional in th…

A man who carried out a series of violent robberies on the London Underground over an 11-day period has been jailed, following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation. https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/in-the-courts/man-jailed-for-11-day-railway-robbery-spree---london/ Good work by BTP in bringing this gang who have been robbing people on the railway to justice.👏

We’ve arrested a man after a woman in her 80s was tricked into handing over nearly £10,000 in a courier fraud scam. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/january/man-arrested-after-woman-tricked-into-handing-over-nearly-10000-in-courier-fraud-scam/ The man posing as a police officer who tricked this 80 year woman into handing over nearly £10,000 and members of the public intervened, and police were called and arrested the lowlife and hope the the court put him behind bars.

A suspected drug dealer has been arrested following a foot chase in West Bromwich. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2026/january/suspected-drug-dealer-arrested-in-west-bromwich/ good work by officers who spotted a man acting suspiciously and found out he had A quantity of cash, and bags of cannabis that were recovered when he was searched.👏

A Wirral man has been jailed for ten years after being found guilty of non-recent sex offences. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2026/january-2026/wirral-man-jailed-for-ten-years-after-raping-woman/ Men who commit rape deserve to be locked up and good work by police by bringing him to justice👍

Two men from Stoke have been jailed for more than nine years after they admitted being involved in the supply of illegal drugs in Crewe. https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2026/1/two-men-jailed-for-drug-dealing-in-crewe/ Good work by police in bringing drug dealers to justice and now behind bars.👍

Bedfordshire Police officers have arrested 13 people and seized more than 100 wraps of suspected Class A drugs as part of a multi-force operation targeting serious and organised crime. https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2026/01-january/thirteen-arrested-in-bedfordshire-during-major-multi-force/ Good work by police in bringing drug dealers to justice and drugs off the streets.👏

While waiting for a train, off-duty Chief Inspector Michael Parker from our Roads Policing Unit sprung into action to save a man’s life at Salford Crescent train station. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2026/january/off-duty-chief-inspector-saves-strangers-life-at-greater-manchester-train-station/ well done what this off duty Chief Inspector did and saved a mans life.👏