UK Policing News

National Crime Agency investigators are appealing for information to help find three men wanted in connection with the supply of class A drugs. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/hunt-for-men-wanted-over-drugs-offences Lets hope the NCA or any overseas police find the drug dealers and bring them to justice.👍

This case reported just shows the dangers and difficulties officers find themselves facing every day. The report shows that he was responsible for an officer leaving the force after 22 years as the direct result of this youths threats and conduct. The youth in this report is 18 years of age with 42 serious previous convictions and yet he received a 12 month custodial sentence only. There is a lot wrong with Policing today but I fear for the serving officers and so glad that I did my 30 and retired when I did. 'Feral' e-bike rider who got veteran police officer axed is FINALLY locked up... after being allowed to roam free for months with 42 convictions | Daily Mail On…

Detectives from our Operation Toxic team have charged two men following a warrant in Clubmoor yesterday, Wednesday 11 June. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/june-2025/operation-toxic-two-men-charged-with-drug-supply-offences-following-warrant-in-clubmoor/ Good arrests by the officers and removing drugs off the streets.👏

Our dedicated modern slavery and organised immigration team are investigating organised criminal networks based in Manchester, suspected to be involved in smuggling people into the UK, and this morning (10/06/2025) they have conducted a series of 15 warrants, with support from officers across the force and partners from Immigration Enforcement. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/ten-arrested-in-police-crackdown-on-organised-immigration-crime-across-greater-manchester/ Good work by the GMP and Immigration Enforcement in cracking down on immigration law by assisting illegal entry into the UK, conspiracy to money launder,👏

A gang of criminals responsible for creating and distributing ‘assassination kits’ are due to be sentenced for their crimes. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/nottinghamshire/news/news/2025/june/how-detectives-dismantled-criminal-gang-who-made-and-sold-assassination-kits/ Great work by the Special Operations Unit (EMSOU). in bringing down the gang who supplied these weapons to members of the criminal underworld.👏

A serving Met officer has been dismissed without notice for a campaign of coercive control and harassment against a woman known to him. https://news.met.police.uk/news/sergeant-sacked-after-breaching-standards-498172 No man should hit👍 a woman even if you are a police officer and quite right you have been sacked from the force.👍

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14780435/Video-Instant-karma-TikTok-pranksters-Apple-Pay-stunt-central-London-backfires-massively-ends-handcuffs.html This seems to be the latest idiot fad, pranksters pretending to take £100 from an unsuspecting strangers phone/watch via Apple Pay. It annoys me that people are engaging in more and more stunts like this for likes on social media and trying to excuse it by saying 'it's just a prank'. A prank is supposed to be funny for all involved, something you pull on close friends or colleagues you know will take it in their stride. This is just bullying random people in the street, and then crying when the consequences of …

https://www.lbc.co.uk/crime/couple-forced-steal-back-car-police-too-stretched-to-investigate/ A couple who had their Jaguar car stolen from outside their home have been forced to steal back their own vehicle after police were 'too stretched' to investigate.

Two men have now been sentenced to a total of 34 years after violence broke out across South Manchester and Stockport at the beginning of 2023. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/two-men-jailed-for-more-than-30-years-after-violence-erupts-and-shots-fired-in-manchester-and-stockport/ Good work by the GMP bringing this pair to justice 👏 and now serving jail time.👍

A father and son have been sentenced for their roles in a fraudulent car insurance scheme, following an investigation led by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2025/june/father-and-son-sentenced-for-insurance-fraud/ good work by the COLP by bringing down the pair who sold fraudulent insurance policies👏 but only one got 21 months in prison and two other two only got a suspended sentence with a slap on the wrist when they should have all got a longer sentence 😠

A man who tried to smuggle £1.2m in suitcases out of the United Kingdom to Lebanon has been jailed for 21 months, following a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-who-tried-to-smuggle-1-2m-in-suitcases-out-of-uk-jailed Good work by BF and the NCA with the arrest of the man trying to leave the UK, but can,t understand why he was given only 21 months should have got a lot longer sentence🤔

Riots broke out in Northern Ireland last night following the arrests of two teenage boys who needed a Romanian interpreter when they appeared in court for attempted rape. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14795905/Riots-Northern-Ireland-teen-boys-attempted-rape-Romanian-interpreter.html Not good when this happened and officers have to deal with riots for what the two boys in court for attempted rape 😠

An award-winning female sergeant was caught drink driving after she downed a bottle of wine when she stayed up late doing work, a misconduct hearing was told. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14792003/sergeant-drink-driving-downing-bottle-wine-staying-late-police-work.html Seems a shame the now ex Special Police Sergeant let her self down by drink driving and said she felt 'pressure' to get her reports done at home and stayed up until the early hours completing them while drinking.☹️

Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a man has been jailed for sexual offences against a girl in Bicester. https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2025/june/09-06-25/man-jailed-for-sexual-offences-against-a-girl--bicester/ Good work by the TVP in getting this vile man put behind bars 👍

We were called to Nevin Road, New Moston, at around 5pm on Sunday to reports of a serious assault. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/june/officers-investigating-the-death-of-a-teenage-boy-in-north-manchester-yesterday-have-arrested-two-people-on-suspicion-of-murder/ sad when males aged 14 and 16 – were arrested on suspicion of murder and now if found to have done this they have ruined there lives for ever.☹️