Seven people have been jailed for nearly 40 years and drugs worth more than £300,000 seized following an operation in which detectives cracked a major Carlisle-based crime group
Seven people have been jailed for nearly 40 years and drugs worth more than £300,000 seized following an operation in which detectives cracked a major Carlisle-based crime group. Cumbria Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit smashed the set-up after launching Operation Oberlin as part of the work going on every day to tackle drugs trafficking and supply […]
11-year ban for Birmingham director after obtaining close to £635,000 worth of government grants to plant forests in England
From January 2013, Pritesh Ladwa (33), from Sutton Coldfield, was the sole director of The Forest Project (TFP) Ltd. Incorporated in June 2010, The Forest Project TFP helped create new forests, including reclamation and development of brownfield land into green sites. Whilst he was director, Pritesh Ladwa received 6 grants from the Forestry Commission […]
A man has been jailed for his involvement in the supply of Class A drugs in Gosport
On 16 September 2020, officers carried out a warrant at an address in Albert Street where they discovered approximately £17,000 in cash, and cocaine with an estimated street value of £20,000. Following the warrant, 28-year-old Antonio Panayi, of Albert Street in Gosport, was arrested and subsequently charged with possession of a Class A drug […]
A man has been jailed for a total of 13 years for a range of sexual offences that took place in Hampshire
Shaun Higginson aged 47, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to a total of eight offences including one count of attempted rape of a female under 16, one count of gross indecency with a girl under 14 and six counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14. The charges relate to offences that took place […]
A dealer who supplied Class A drugs has been sentenced to almost three years in prison after specialist officers uncovered and disrupted a London drugs line selling crack cocaine and heroin in Harlow
Madju Bari was handed a 32-month jail sentence at Chelmsford Crown Court. The 20-year-old, of Arabella Street, in Bermondsey, London, was part of the Bishop drug line, which was responsible for selling crack cocaine and heroin in Harlow last year. On June 17, Bari was arrested, and later interviewed by our Operation Raptor officers […]
Two prolific County Line drug dealers have been sentenced at Guildford Crown Court this week for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
Rabbi Luaka, 22, of Hereford Way, Chessington, appeared at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday (3 March) where he was sentenced for being found guilty of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs crack cocaine and heroin.Luaka was arrested on 28 July, 2020 after a warrant was issued to search his home in a joint […]
A Doncaster man who left a woman with over 60 per cent burns to her body following a horrific arson attack on a family’s home has been jailed for four years
Connor O’Rourke, 23, was seen pouring fuel over the front garden and bins of a property in Ratten Row, Wadworth, in June last year before making the area go up in flames with a lighter. The blaze quickly travelled towards the house – with a family still inside. Detective Inspector Lee Townley, from Doncaster […]
A knife-wielding robber, who you helped bring to justice, has been jailed for 13 years following the hard work by detectives.
Marcus Piper, 27, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court Piper had committed robberies, an attempted robbery and an aggravated burglary over the course of three months in 2020. Detectives worked tirelessly to identify Piper, and we issued an appeal for his whereabouts on social media and through the charity Crimestoppers […]
Two men have been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth over £3million into the UK in a van, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency
Marain Macovei, 25, of Germany and Lulian-Ioan Stratulat, 25, from Romania, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday 1 March, where they received 12-and-half-years and 15 years 9 months respectively for their plot to sneak 39 kilograms of cocaine into the UK. On the evening of 29 August 2020, Macovei and Stratulat were stopped […]
A teacher found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to more than six years in jail
Kandice Barber, aged 35, of Wendover, was previously found guilty of one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of sexual communication with a child, one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act by a person in position of trust, and one count of […]
