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On Monday 16 February, the NWROCU's Anti-Money Laundering Unit charged a man and a woman as part an investigation into the operation of an escort agency in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
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Officers from the YHROCU, working with UK Border Force colleagues, seized 536 kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £53million, from the London Gateway port, near Thurrock, Essex, on Friday.
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Troy Batchelor, Luke Mills and James Kulesza have all been jailed following an investigation which prevented more than 12kg of class A drugs leaving UK shores.
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A former prison officer and two inmates have been jailed for more than 11 years after being convicted of being involved in the smuggling of cannabis into HMP Oakwood.
Ellis Eyles, 24, has been sentenced yesterday (Thursday) at Durham Crown Court, for the role she played in liaising with a prisoner using an illicit mobile phone.
A drug dealer said to be inspired by the film Home Alone to rig his house with trip wires and home-made ‘pipe bombs’ has been sentenced today following an investigation by specialist detectives from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit.
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Shazad Shabir occupied a leading role in a multimillion-pound supply chain across Cambridgeshire but crashed his car minutes before the start of a court trial.
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Project Vigilant has seen some fantastic successes in its initial year in the North East and our partnership work won’t end there with further deployments planned during 2026 to build on the good work already carried out.
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Today (Wednesday 4 February), at Preston Crown Court, a staff member employed at HMP Garth has today been sentenced following a detailed investigation into corruption by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
A Stockton-on-Tees man has been jailed after paying to watch a live stream of a child being raped.