UK Policing News

These are some of London's most wanted people, according to Crimestoppers. The faces you see are suspected of crimes across London and the rest of the UK. https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/gallery/londons-most-wanted-men-women-31178281 Be nice if they found to face justice🫰

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyenzdz66wo A man arrested for shouting "who elected him?" during a proclamation ceremony for the King has been paid £2,500 in compensation. Good decision. Whatever your opinions on the monarchy, that comment is well within civilized limits of debate, and should never have resulted in arrest.

Officers are preparing for a busy weekend in London ahead of two significant protests and a number of other events. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-ready-for-busy-weekend-of-protests-and-other-events-495139 Again police will be out in force watching out for marchers still wanting to disrupt London again .☹️

A serving Met officer has been dismissed without notice for unwanted sexual behaviour towards a number of his colleagues. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-dismissed-for-unwanted-sexual-behaviour-towards-colleagues-495150 Not good when you have to work with officers like him ☹️

Two men have been jailed over their links to the illegal gun trade, following a data-driven investigation by the Met Police. https://news.met.police.uk/news/met-investigation-into-illegal-gun-trade-sees-two-men-jailed-495149 Great work by the Met in bringing down the men dealing in illegal firearms 👏 and both have received a decent sentence👍

This is the moment a courageous cop put his life on the line to tackle a raging knifeman during a terrifying daylight arrest. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14495179/moment-police-officer-stabbed-knifeman-london.html Well done and good the officer was given with a Commissioner's Commendation to reflect this act of bravery 👏

More than twenty people have been arrested during an operation targeting county lines drugs gangs. https://www.herts.police.uk/news/hertfordshire/news/2025/march-2025/twenty-three-arrested-in-operation-targeting-county-lines-gang/ Great work by police with arresting and bringing down the drug gang and seizing tens of thousands of pounds worth of cash and drugs, including a huge quantity of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as three replica handguns.👏

Two more guns have been taken off the streets of the West Midlands as our fight against serious and organised crime continues. https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/march/two-more-guns-taken-off-the-streets-of-the-west-midlands/ Good Job by WMP with the arrest in recovering guns and drugs from two boys aged 15 and 16 where they also recovered ammunition and a machete👍

Three teenagers have been sentenced for a terrifying knifepoint robbery following investigative teamwork by our officers in Bolton. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/three-teenagers-sentenced-for-terrifying-knifepoint-robbery-in-bolton/ Good arrest by GMP on the three boys who robbed a shop and They didn’t get very far as officers were waiting to arrest them , but don,t agree with the sentence given for robbery They were dealt with by way of community and youth referral orders, and compensation.☹️

Four drug smugglers have been convicted of trying to smuggle £100m of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast of Cornwall, after a National Crime Agency investigation. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/100m-cocaine-plotters-guilty-of-at-sea-smuggling-bid Good arrest by the BF and NCA by stopping drugs getting into the UK and the gang now face justice for drug smuggling👏

A stop-and-search order is in place in parts of north Manchester after reports of serious disorder yesterday (10/03/25). https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/officers-respond-to-violence-and-disorder-in-north-manchester-and-salford/ Seems like a bit of gang war going on with several people carrying ‘offensive or dangerous weapons’☹️

Ajaz Ahmed (07/08/1968) from Rochdale has been jailed for 28 years following an investigation into non-recent sexual abuse in Rochdale. https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2025/march/man-jailed-for-28-years-for-non-recent-sexual-offences-in-rochdale/ Good investigation by GMP with bringing him to justice 👏 and a Great sentence given out by the court.👏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0qeplq4z4o A police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a mum was killed when her vehicle was hit by an unmarked police car.

A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to four counts of misconduct in public office over a series of unauthorised searches for information which he shared in WhatsApp chats with members of the public. https://news.met.police.uk/news/officer-pleads-guilty-over-unauthorised-searches-on-police-systems-494879 What is wrong with officers who do this risking there job and end up getting the sack☹️

Two men who attempted to import multi-tonne quantities of cocaine from South America, and laundered the profits through a Hatton Garden gold merchant, have been jailed. https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/a-prison-break-a-190m-cocaine-plot-money-laundered-through-gold-two-jailed-in-latest-nca-operation-venetic-case Great work by NCA and MPS by bringing down the two dangerous drug dealers and now serving a decent jail sentence.👏