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A Prison Officer who had an inappropriate relationship with a serving prisoner has been sentenced today at Liverpool Crown Court (Monday 24th June).
Three men from a Merseyside-based organised crime group have been jailed for more than 65 years at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday (Monday 17 June) after their drugs and firearms deals were uncovered by NWROCU detectives when the encrypted communications platform ‘EncroChat’ was taken down by international law enforcement in 2020.
Today (Thursday 13 June) at Liverpool Crown Court, two men and two women have been jailed for more than 12 years following a joint investigation between the NWROCU’s Prison Anti-Corruption Unit, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service’s Counter Corruption Unit, and HMP Risley.
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The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit can confirm that a 39 year old man was charged yesterday (Monday 27 May) with online child sex offences, reported to have taken place between August 2019 and May 2023.
A man from Huyton has been jailed for six years for child sex offences.
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A drugs gang responsible for sourcing and supplying multi-kilos of Class A and B drugs across the UK have been jailed today (Monday 20 May) for 40 years as part of Operation Venetic.
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A 32-year-old Liverpool man has been sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison after evidence on an encrypted device revealed that he was involved in the multi-kilogram supply and distribution of heroin and cocaine.
NWROCU detectives have charged two more people as part of Operation Falcon, an investigation in the multi kilo importation and distribution of Class A drugs.
A former Prison Custody Officer who smuggled contraband into HMP Forest Bank has been jailed today (Friday 3 May).
A Prison Officer who smuggled contraband into HMP Preston for serving inmates is facing time behind bars after being sentenced at Preston Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 2 May).