More than 160 people have been arrested in communities across the south east and in excess of £130,000 cash has been seized, along with drugs and weapons, as part of police and partnership activity targeting county lines drug dealers. Through joint planning and co-ordination involving police forces in the south east, key partners and...
Three men have been convicted of organising crossings across the English Channel to smuggle people into the country. Stephen Redhead, aged 47, of Horsbridge Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight, and Christopher Barber aged 55, of Landguard Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, have today (4/3) been found guilty by a unanimous jury of conspiring to do...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have been responding to the threat of cash-based money laundering in communities across the region to make sure that crime does not pay. Funds from money laundering can be used to finance illegal activity such as organised crime, human trafficking, and terrorism. Assets from...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit have charged a man in connection with drugs supply and importation offences. David Chippendale, aged 41, of Lambert Avenue, Richmond, was today (26/11) charged with; Conspiracy to fraudulently evade the prohibition on importation in relation to a Class A drug – cocaine, Conspiracy to supply...
Three men have been charged with conspiracy to import class A drugs into the UK as part of an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) closely supported by law enforcement partners. Edward Duggin, aged 33, of Norris Way, Buntingford, Hertfordshire; Thomas Snell, aged 30, of no fixed abode, and Justine Romaraog of Talfourd Way, Redhill, Surrey, were charged yesterday (15/10). They were all...
Two men have pleaded guilty to their parts in supplying cocaine to people across the country, following an investigation by specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Ryan Playford, aged 48, of The Farthings, Warsash, Fareham, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a Class A drug – cocaine – conspiring to supply a Class B drug...
We are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a man from Oxfordshire wanted in connection with drugs supply offences. Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) would like to speak to Charlie Salisbury, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, in connection with an investigation in to a conspiracy to supply a class A drug – cocaine – and money laundering...
Specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have today (7/7) arrested two men from Hampshire in connection with drugs supply offences. A 53-year-old man from Southampton was arrested in Islington, London, and a 47-year-old man from Fareham was arrested in Weymouth, Dorset, both on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to supply cannabis. The 47-year-old was also arrested on suspicion...
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) has today (21/6) announced that every business and organisation in the region can now get access to a free tool called Police CyberAlarm, designed to help them understand and monitor the threats they face from malicious cyber activity. Funded by Government, Police CyberAlarm acts like a...
Specialist police officers from the South East Serious Organised Crime Unit have made further arrests as part of an investigation into the supply of Class A and Class B drugs. A 53-year-old man of no fixed abode and a 22-year-old man from Drayton, were arrested on Wednesday (12/5) on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs,...