Gold jewellery worth approximately £180,000 has been forfeited at court, after a man attempted to conceal, and then understate, its value when arriving on a flight into the UK. The items, which included necklaces, cufflinks and bracelets and weighed over 3kg, were initially seized by Border Force officers after a 50-year-old man was stopped...
Four members of a convicted ‘County Lines’ gang have been ordered to repay thousands gained from selling class A drugs in East Sussex, in addition to their initial sentences. Following a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) confiscation hearing, Sam Rostam, Hasani James, Amber Verbrugge and Charlotte Storey were ordered to pay back nearly £4,000...
A Suffolk man has pleaded guilty to 11 child sexual offences following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) and Suffolk Constabulary. On Thursday (6/2), Lee Griffin, aged 39, of Raglan Street, Lowestoft, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court and pleaded guilty to: Four counts of attempting to cause...
A 35-year-old man has been charged with drugs offences, following an extradition process. Luke Kelly, of no fixed abode, was extradited to the United Kingdom from Spain yesterday (16/1) and charged with the following offences: Two counts of being concerned in supply of class A drugs, namely cocaine One count of possession with intent...
A man from Berkshire who dropped his ID card when throwing mobile phones and cigarettes into a Surrey prison has been jailed. Khurram Azad, aged 38, of Lyndhurst Road, Tilehurst , was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment at a Guildford Crown Court hearing on Friday (10/1) after previously pleading guilty to conveying list B...
Seven men have been charged with an array of offences, including fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering, following a SEROCU investigation. The men, from London and West Sussex, were charged in relation to an investigation where over 70 people from across the south, located in Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey...
A 52-year-old man from Surrey already serving 10 years in jail for importing cannabis has been ordered to pay back thousands, after investigations found he had earned nearly £4 million through criminal activity. Michael Rhodes of Alexandra Road, Addlestone, was ordered to pay back £11,105 following a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at...
A London man has been jailed for child sexual offences, following a SEROCU investigation. Igor Kutsyy, aged 38, of Mill Harbour, Isle of Dogs, was on Friday (13/12) jailed for a total of three years at Guildford Crown Court in Surrey. He had previously been found guilty in October of six charges, comprising: One count...
Four men from across the south east have been convicted of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Following the conclusion of a trial at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday (10/12), the fourth member of the group was found guilty of one count...
A website which sold a hacking tool purchased by cyber criminals in 124 countries and gave full remote control of victims’ computers has been taken down following an international investigation. 14,500 people across the world purchased the Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan (IM RAT) from https://imminentmethods.net for as little as US$25. Once covertly installed...