UK Policing News

A former GMP detective jailed after an investigation by our Anti-Corruption Unit has now been ordered to pay back £75,000. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/december/jailed-former-detective-ordered-to-pay-back-75000-of-criminal-gains/ Quite right the sentence he got stealing cocaine from an evidence store and selling the drugs to the public.

We have arrested two men in Anfield on suspicion of drug offences and seized nearly £30,000 in cash as well as a large quantity of suspected Class A and B drugs. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/december-2025/operation-evolve-two-arrested-and-nearly-30000-in-cash-and-suspected-drugs-seized/ Good arrest by officers in removing drug dealers and there drugs from the streets and there ill gotten cash .👏

Today (1 December 2025), Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is joining forces nationwide in Operation Limit, a national campaign running from 1 December to 1 January, aimed at reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by drink and drug driving. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/december/operation-limit-launches-across-greater-manchester-tackling-drink-and-drug-driving-this-festive-season/ Quite agree with what the GMP are doing as there is no need to drink or drive when people can use other means of transport .👍

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/01/senior-met-police-spies-racist-inquiry-spy-cops Two senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.

Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been charged in connection with an assault in Milton Keynes. https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2025/december/01-12-2025/man-charged-after-impersonating-police-and-assault--milton-keynes/ Good result for officers bringing this man to justice for impersonating a police officer and assault,👏

A firearm has been recovered after officers were searching Northwood Forest Hills in Kirkby on Friday 28 November. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/november-2025/firearm-recovered-by-officers-in-kirkby/ Good find by officers finding a firearm and removing from it for any person who might have used it in serious organised crime👏

We seized more than 9,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £9.5 million from a property in Lozells. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/november/more-than-9000-cannabis-plants-worth-9.5-million-seized-from-birmingham-property/ Nice work by WMP with the arrest of 5 people and shutting down this cannabis farm.👏

Two drug dealers arrested by our Neighbourhood Policing Team in Rotherham North have been jailed. https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/news/south-yorkshire/news/news/november-2025/drug-dealers-jailed-after-attempting-to-reverse-away-from-pursuing-officers/ Good work by SYP in arresting the drug dealers and removing them from the streets along with the drugs found by officers.👏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9790jw34po Looks like more change is on the way. PCCs are going and now perhaps (finally) a national, or at least regional force? My guess is that is why the PCCs were scrapped.

A good spot by an off-duty officer led to the seizure of a shopping bag full of cannabis from a broken-down car.https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2025/november/cannabis-deals-found-in-broken-down-car-after-call-from-off-duty-officer/ Good spot by the officer resulting with arrests and removing drugs from the streets.👏

FIFTEEN people have been charged with drug offences after we carried out a series of raids this week. https://news.lancashire.police.uk/news/2025/november/fifteen-charged-after-drugs-operation/ Good work by lancs police in arresting drug drug dealers and bringing them to justice with money laundering and a quantity of Class A and B Drugs, cash and assets all seized👏

A police officer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women. https://www.northants.police.uk/news/northants/news/in-court/2025/november/police-officer-found-guilty-of-sex-offences/ What is wrong when you get officers do this sort of thing and now will lose his job.☹️

We have arrested a man and a woman from Huyton after cash, cannabis and Class A drugs were found at an address in the area last night (Thursday 27 November). https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/november-2025/two-arrested-on-suspicion-of-drug-offences-in-huyton/ good stop by officers and arrested a drug dealer and Officers then searched a house in Huyton found a large quantity of white powder suspected to be cocaine, cannabis, cash and an extendable friction baton.👏

A murderer from Dartford has been jailed for life after stabbing a woman to death while she slept before sexually abusing her body. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/life-sentence-for-killer-who-stabbed-to-death-woman-while-she-slept/ Very sad what happened to this poor woman after he sexually abuse her and was charged with murder and committing a sexual offence and now serving a life sentence.

A prolific burglar responsible for a string of more than 60 theft offences in Luton and Peterborough this Spring has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison. https://www.beds.police.uk/news/bedfordshire/news/2025/11-november/prolific-burglar-jailed-after-more-than-60-offences/ Good work by beds police in putting this Prolific burglar behind bars.👏