Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have charged a 23-year-old man in connection with a child sexual offence. Rhys Redfern, of Buckenham Road, Attleborough, Norfolk has been charged with arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Lewes...
A large number of suspected counterfeit trainers and unsafe vapes have been seized following an operation supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit’s (SEROCU’s) Disruptions Team. Last week officers from SEROCU joined Buckinghamshire & Surrey Trading Standards, the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, The Intellectual Property Office and Surrey Police at Kempton Market to stop...
Following a joint investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) and Thames Valley Police, a man has been sentenced for drug supply offences. At Reading Crown Court on Friday (17/8), Armando Kaci, aged 24, of Regent Street, Reading was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment. He previously pleaded guilty...
Yesterday (9/8) a man was charged in connection with a drug investigation being carried out by the South East Regional Organised Dark Web Unit. Alain Kirunda-Nsiiro, aged 37, of Higham Hill Road, Waltham Forest, London, was charged via postal requisition with one count each of conspiracy to supply a class A drug – heroin...
At a scale and pace not seen before, police across England and Wales have coordinated a thousand search warrants against Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), arresting hundreds and seizing firearms, huge amounts of cash and cannabis plants worth approximately £115-£130 million. Throughout June, police located and searched large-scale cannabis grows in the most significant national...
On Monday 17 April, The National Smallbore Rifle Association was subject of a data breach cyber-attack. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) is leading the investigation with support from the National Crime Agency (NCA). The National Smallbore Rifle Association have informed customers of the breach. In the event of any data breach,...
Three men have been sentenced to prison for their part in an organised crime group producing and supplying counterfeit drugs worth more than £20 million. Following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Marc Ward, aged 36, of Queens Road, Fratton, Portsmouth, Charlton Pascal, aged 30, of Arrow Close, Luton,...
A series of warrants have been executed throughout February at locations across the UK as officers took part in work to combat fraud and money laundering in the South East of England. Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), have carried out six warrants and two additional arrest attempts in coordination...
A man has been sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court today (3 March 2023), following an investigation by Surrey Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. On...
A man has been jailed for child sex offences following a joint investigation by police in Hampshire and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). In August 2022, 57-year-old Robert Pell struck up a conversation with a person online who he believed to be a 14-year-old boy, and agreed to meet up with...