UK Policing News

A Met Officer has been dismissed without notice for using his work phone to contact sex workers. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-misconduct-hearing-495680 Words fail me what this officer has done “PC Miah’s use of work-issued equipment for his own personal sexual gratification🤔

Two brothers who raped vulnerable girls 18 years ago have been jailed for 31 years, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-stovewood-brothers-jailed-for-31-years-for-raping-girls Good work by the NCA👏getting this pair of scum locked up.👍

We have arrested a man and seized suspected drugs following a stop on the M53 yesterday afternoon, Thursday 27 March. https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/march-2025/man-arrested-and-drugs-and-cash-seized-following-stop-on-m53/ Good arrest by officers and another drug off the streets/👏

Following a Warwickshire Police investigation, eight people have been collectively sentenced to nearly thirty years in prison for conspiring to steal. https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/news/warwickshire/news/2025/march/fraud-gang-sentenced-to-more-than-30-years-imprisonment-for-stealing-parcels/ Good work by police taking down this gang who were working at a parcel courier and stealing high-value items👏

A Met officer has been dismissed without notice after being convicted of assault. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-following-conviction-of-assault-495468 Not good by any standards for a officer when PC Marsh went beyond the level of force necessary and it is right that he has to face the consequences of his actions.

A man has been jailed following a pursuit in which he reached speeds of up to 100mph and rammed into a police vehicle. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/man-jailed-after-ramming-officer-in-100mph-pursuit-before-hiding-under-bed/ Good arrest by the officers👏 pity the court did not give you a decent sentence only 18 months imprisonment. ramming officers and driving offences☹️

Officers from our Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit (TVIU) attended a premises on Sunny Brow Road, Gorton at around 11:22am on Monday 24 March 2025 in response to intelligence of suspected stolen vehicles being at a location. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/tviu-officers-make-three-arrests-as-250k-worth-of-vehicles-recovered-and-class-a-and-b-drugs-seized-in-gorton/ Great work with arrests by the (TVIU) in recovering stolen vehicles and drugs.👏

Whilst officers from our recently launched Operation Vulcan initiative were on patrol in Derker last night (Monday 24 March), they noticed a car driving suspiciously. The unmarked police car activated their blue lights to pull the car over, but the car rammed into police to tried and get away. The occupants abandoned the car and made off on foot but one of the men was swiftly detained by officers. Enquiries remain ongoing to trace them. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/operation-vulcan-hotspot-patrols-in-derker-leads-to-arrest-and-seizures/ More good on going work by the GMP with finding more drug dealers with one arrest made an…

Officers from our Operation Venture team, a dedicated unit focused on tackling serious violence across Greater Manchester, were on patrol in Edgeley yesterday (Monday 24 March 2025) when undercover patrols spotted a drug deal take place on Carlile Street at around 2pm. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/op-venture-officers-seize-thousands-of-pounds-and-potential-firearm-after-spotting-drug-deal-in-stockport/ Good work by the undercover officers with the arrest of drug dealers and a firearm off the streets.👏

A cocaine and monkey dust dealer in Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed after he tried to run away from officers in 2022. https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/staffordshire/news/2025/march/cocaine-and-monkey-dust-dealer-jailed-after-trying-to-evade-officers/ Good arrest by police getting a drug dealer off the streets👏 but yet again let down by the court by only given three-years-and-four-months and wonder what sentence the woman will get now She has been remanded ahead of her sentencing date at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 3 June🤫

A violent man has been sent immediately to prison after assaulting four officers in Medway. https://www.kent.police.uk/news/kent/latest/policing-news/violent-gillingham-man-jailed-for-assaulting-officers/ Should have got longer with four assaults on an emergency workers and criminal damage.☹️

Three people have been arrested after a woman and a six-year-old child were smuggled into the UK in a lorry. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-arrested-in-north-lincolnshire-as-part-of-nca-people-smuggling-investigation

All 12 nominals are wanted in relation to either drug or firearms investigations, and we have appealed to find them on the most recent series of Crimewatch Live. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/wanted-do-you-recognise-these-12-men-wanted-as-part-of-organised-crime-conspiracies/ Lets hope the police find them and bring this drug gang to justice 🫰

A man from Warwickshire has been charged after National Crime Agency officers found a gun and ammunition at his home. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/man-charged-over-warwickshire-firearms-find Good arrest y the NCA with a viable firearm with several rounds of ammunition recovered 👏

Two men have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the smuggling of around 30 kilos of cocaine into an airfield in Essex. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-investigation-sees-two-arrested-after-border-force-recover-cocaine-from-plane Good arrest by BF and stopped drugs getting onto the UK streets.👏