A man found growing 136 cannabis plants in Huntingdon has been jailed
Acting on information received from members of the public and their own intelligence, officers from the Huntingdon Neighbourhood Team paid a visit to a property in Surrey Road on 27 November. They discovered five rooms containing cannabis plans and arrested 27-year-old Viktor Sokolaj at the scene. Sokolaj admitted being concerned in the production of cannabis. […]
Man sentenced after a fatal road traffic collision in Trafford
On Friday 17 March 2023 at around 12.30am, officers were called to a serious road traffic collision between a car and a pedestrian on Wilbraham Road, Manchester. It was established that the driver of a Volkswagen Golf was travelling down Wilbraham Road towards Stretford before coming to stop at a set of traffic lights. The […]
Man convicted of “abhorrent” attack at popular North Yorkshire pub
A man has been found guilty of wounding with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life following a trial at Teesside Crown Court. Richard Bowser, 46, of Worcester Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham subjected his victim and other customers of a popular public house to a terrifying ordeal in July last year. […]
A drug dealer who supplied drugs to teenage girls and sexually assaulted them has been jailed for nine years
In March last year reports were made to our officers of separate incidents where girls were given drugs such as nitrous oxide, ketamine, and cocaine by Azam Khan (pictured). The girls were taken to hotels and houses in the Chorley area and Darwen, where they were sexually abused. Lancashire Police launched an investigation and teamed […]
A Rugby man has been jailed for more than two and a half years after admitting drug supply offences
Last year officers from Rugby Proactive CID investigated information that suggested Craig Gallagher was dealing drugs. On 20 May, proactive CID executed a warrant at his home in Dyson Close where they found more than £3,500 in cash, mobile phones and a quantity of drugs including Xanax tablets and over 80g of cocaine. He was […]
Violent Preston man given long prison sentence for sadistic attack which left a woman with serious injuries
A man has been jailed for inflicting horrific injuries on a woman during a prolonged and sadistic attack. Police officers found the woman – aged in her 40s – in an alleyway in the Deepdale area of Preston in the early hours of 12th February last year. She had been severely beaten, was bleeding heavily […]
A stalking victim was protected from further harm after police officers caught a man breaching his Stalking Protection Order
Waldemar Czekanski subjected his ex-partner to unwanted communications and visited her property on multiple occasions over a two-year period between September 2021 and 2023. The 47-year-old had previously damaged her home, let himself into the address and threatened to kill her. He pleaded guilty to stalking his former partner in Mansfield on September 20, 2023, […]
Pryzm Club Brighton and the Struggle of Rekom UK Nightlife
Rekom UK, the largest nightclub operator in the country, is reportedly on the verge of calling in administrators due to escalating financial pressures. The company, which oversees 46 popular venues including the renowned Pryzm and Atik brands, has hinted at potential closures of some of its establishments as part of a restructuring effort. Among the […]
A man who deliberately started a fire at a property in Whirlow within months after being released from prison has been jailed
The court heard in June 2019, Liverpool man John Haase was released on license from prison after serving half of a 22-year sentence for perverting the course of justice. On 9 March 2020, Haase attended a property in the Whirlow area of Sheffield and demanded £280,000 from the residents. When he didn’t get the answer […]
A man who laundered money for people smuggling networks involved in small boat crossings has been found guilty, following a National Crime Agency investigation
Iranian Asghar Gheshalghian, 48, ran an unregistered money services business from an office block in Wood Green, as part of a network of bankers transferring money using the Hawala system.He acted as a trusted middleman, accepting payments from migrants or their families, and then releasing money to the criminal gangs following the completion of their […]