An NHS hospital employee has been convicted of a child sexual offence after travelling to Southampton intending to have sexual activity with a child. Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Robin Hains, of St Mary’s Close, Lavant, Chichester, pleaded guilty at a hearing at Southampton Crown Court on Monday (14/11), to arranging to commit a sexual act upon a...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have charged a man in connection with an immigration offence. Robbie Hounsham, aged 54, of Ashley Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, was charged via postal requisition yesterday (9/11) with conspiracy to facilitate the unlawful entry and/or attempted entry into the UK of non-EU citizens...
Three men and a woman have been charged in connection with an investigation into firearms supply offences. Benjamin Phillips, aged 43, of London Road, Wokingham, Damon Phillips, aged 24, of no fixed abode, Kenneth Brittan, aged 33, of Munnings Drive, Sandhurst, and Katie Rose Lee, aged 30, also of Munnings Drive, Sandhurst, were charged...
A man has been convicted of a child sexual offence after travelling to Southampton intending to have sexual activity with a child. Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Gordon Welch, of Sheffield Road, Portsmouth, pleaded guilty at a hearing at Southampton Crown Court yesterday (31/10), to...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) are appealing for information about the location of two men who are wanted in connection with money laundering offences. Zack Cohen, aged 33, who is also known by birth name Masoom Arif, has links to Ruislip, Pinner, Stanmore and North London. Mohammed Al-Saedi, aged...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) are appealing for information about the location of a man wanted in connection with immigration offences. Terenc Malja, aged 31, who has links to the Isle of Wight, North London, Birmingham, Coventry and the Edinburgh area of Scotland, has been charged with conspiring to facilitate...
Businesses and organisations in the South East can now get access to an enhanced version of Police CyberAlarm, an award-winning free tool funded by the Home Office which you can access through your local police force. The enhanced version of Police CyberAlarm works alongside an organisation’s current cyber security products, such as the firewall,...
A man convicted of involvement in a plot to import cocaine into the UK has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. Thomas Snell, aged 31, of no fixed abode, was sentenced today (9/6) at Southampton Crown Court. Snell had pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently avoid the prohibition on the importation of a controlled...
A man has been found guilty of a cocaine conspiracy involving vast quantities of the drug being imported into the United Kingdom. Mark Hobbs, aged 52, of Monks Way Bournemouth, was today (24/5) found guilty of conspiring to supply a controlled drug of Class A following a seven-week trial at Guildford Crown Court. Richard...
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) is re-appealing to the public for information about a man wanted in connection with drug supply offences. Officers 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 –...