drug crime

Bedfordshire Police make 23 arrests in guns and drugs crackdown

Bedfordshire Police says 23 people have been arrested in May as officers seized firearms, drugs and cash during a crackdown on gangs and organised crime. The force said officers from Boson...

Two Bedford men charged on firearms and drugs charges after police crackdown

Two men have been charged in separate incidents by Bedfordshire Police’s guns and gangs Boson unit. Last week a man in his 20s from Bedford was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence...

Ashburnham Road man found with groceries – and half a million pounds – in his car

Police officers who stopped Shane Cameron found groceries on the back seat of the car he was driving - and nearly half a million pounds in the boot. Cameron, a court heard today, was a “cash courier” for an organised crime network...

21 arrests plus cocaine, firearms and cash seized in Bedfordshire organised crime op

In Bedfordshire, police seized over 90 kilos of Class A drugs, seven firearms and £88,000 in cash as part of the UK’s largest ever operation to combat...

Two Bedford properties closed after links to drugs and anti-social behaviour

Residents and communities surrounding two Bedford properties will now have respite from on-going anti-social behaviour after the Police were granted...

Byron Crescent property closed due to drug-related anti-social behaviour

A property on Byron Crescent that was linked to drug crime and anti-social behaviour has been the subject of a three-month closure order...

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