UK Policing News

A drug line linked to the use of firearms has been dismantled and its members jailed for more than 40 years thanks to an investigation led by our specialist detectives. https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2025/june/harwich-detectives-secure-42-years-in-prison-for-county-line-gang/ Great work from Detectives from Operation Raptor, our teams and the Metropolitan Police.

Three Slovakian men have been convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl repeatedly over three days after they lured her from an Asda car park. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14831621/men-guilty-raping-girl-three-days-lured-Asda.html Good work by Kent police bring the three to justice and hope they get 30 years each or more when they are sent for sentences👍

https://news.sky.com/story/palestine-action-to-be-banned-after-break-in-at-raf-base-sky-news-understands-13386424 The home secretary is planning to proscribe the Palestine Action group, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, Sky News understands.

We have today, Thursday 19 June, arrested five people following a long running investigation into the criminal possession and supply of firearms, ammunition and controlled drugs. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/june-2025/five-arrested-following-investigation-into-the-criminal-possession-and-supply--firearms-ammunition-drugs-and-cash/ Good arrest by officers with arresting the five and recovering drugs and a a Skorpion sub-machine pistol, two self-loading pistols, ammunition and firearm components and hope the court sends them down for a very long time.👏

Three men posed as police officers in an attempt to scam their victims into handing over cash to a courier. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trio-who-posed-as-police-officers-in-bid-to-scam-teesside-victims-jailed/ar-AA1GOe4j?ocid=BingNewsSerp scammers again think they can get away posing as police officers and now serving time.👍

A convicted drug dealer must pay back more than £200,000 after a successful Proceeds of Crime (POCA) application by officers from our Economic Crime Unit. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/convicted-drug-dealer-ordered-to-pay-more-than-200000-linked-to-criminal-activity/ Good work by the GMP bringing him to justice and making pay back his ill gotten gains from drug dealing.👏

A London-based people smuggling ring that loaded migrants into lorry trailers and attempted dangerous journeys from the UK to France has been dismantled by the National Crime Agency. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smuggling-gang-crammed-migrants-into-refrigerated-lorries Great work by the NCA in bringing down the smuggling gang and now face justice 👏

Six suspects have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences in a National Crime Agency investigation into the smuggling of cocaine through Manchester Airport. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/six-arrested-in-national-crime-agency-drugs-investigation Good work by the NCA in getting 6 drug dealers and now in police custody👏

Two men have been charged after we recovered a firearm from an address in Birmingham at the weekend. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/june/two-men-charged-after-firearm-seized-in-yardley/ good work by the WMP by arresting drug dealers and removing a firearm from the streets.👏

Officers from our Serious Crime Division executed a number of warrants across Oldham yesterday (Monday 16 June 2025) as our fight against drugs in Greater Manchester continues https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/70kg-of-suspected-class-a-drugs-seized-in-oldham/ Good ongoing work by the GMP by bringing drug dealers to justice.👏

A proactive investigation into an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the multi-kilo supply of cocaine and heroin across the country seen three men jailed for 30 years. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/proactive-investigation-by-specialist-anti-gang-unit-sees-ocg-jailed-for-30-years/ Good work by the GMP in bringing drug dealers to justice and removed from the streets.👏

A 32-year-old man from Camberley has been charged with four counts of rape of a woman aged 16 years or over, two counts of sexual assault on a female and one count of assault on a woman aged 13 years or over by penetration. https://www.surrey.police.uk/news/surrey/news/2025/Metropolitan-Police-officer-charged-with-sexual-offences/ The investigation remains ongoing until the case comes to court then i will voice my opinion 👍

An investigation by the Met Police has resulted in two people being jailed for supplying drugs and dangerous weapons. https://news.met.police.uk/news/vehicle-stop-by-met-officers-leads-to-24-years-jail-time-for-criminal-duo-498324 Good work by the Met in bringing this pair to justice who was involved in selling cocaine, heroin, knives and firearms.👏

Yesterday (Thursday 12 June), the city of Salford saw extensive and proactive policing activity, with high visibility patrols throughout the area as part of Operation Avro. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/47-arrests-12-warrants-and-25-vehicles-seized-as-operation-avro-returned-to-salford/ Good policing at its best with Operation AVRO👍

A gang involved in the sale of guns and ammunition around Birmingham and which was headed from behind bars by a serving prisoner has been given long jail sentences after a lengthy investigation by our Major Crime Unit. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/june/jailed-gang-involved-in-sale-of-guns-in-birmingham-handed-lengthy-prison-sentences/ Good work by the WMP Major Crime Unit in bringing them to justice and removing firearms from the streets.👏