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From mid-end of June this year police forces across the north-east recorded a rise in reported incidents of courier fraud with Cleveland and Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary all receiving reports.
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A former prison officer has today (Monday 30 June) been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court following an investigation by the NWROCU’s Prison Intelligence Unit into corrupt activity at HMP Altcourse.
Two men from Greater Manchester have been sentenced today (Friday 27 June) at Manchester Crown Court for their involvement in a major cocaine trafficking and money laundering operation, uncovered through Operation Venetic - an international operation targeting criminals who used a mobile encryption service to try to evade detection.
Last week (Friday 20 June) at Preston Crown Court, a Lancashire man was jailed for child sex offences following a joint investigation by the South West and North West Regional Organised Crime Units.
A man who played a key role in a UK-wide human trafficking network has today been sentenced at Bolton Crown Court today (20 June) for his involvement in the sexual exploitation of vulnerable women.
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A predator has been jailed after engaging in sexual communications with someone he believed was a child.
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A man from Liverpool has been charged with multiple drugs offences following a series of warrants carried out in the city earlier this week.
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An eleventh man has been jailed for his part in a multi-million pound conspiracy to supply cocaine in the West Midlands.
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Two men were arrested from the premises and a large amount of equipment including scales, presses and mobile phones were found inside.
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Conrad Byrd was arrested on 14 March this year, after he was stopped by officers from our Traffic team in Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common.