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15 September 2026
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Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye

Monthly column: Residential burglaries are falling but there’s more I want Bedfordshire Police to do

I am delighted that the government approved my application for a £6m Special Grant to tackle the growing threat of organised crime gangs in our county. This is in addition to the increase in core funding...
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£175k of cannabis plants seized in Barkers Lane drugs bust

Detectives have urged people to be wary of bogus road and electrical works which could be linked to drugs gangs. The warning comes following Bedfordshire Police’s...
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Shane Dann

Cranfield man among those jailed for £8m drugs conspiracy

A man from Cranfield is among the latest drug dealers to be charged as a result of Operation Costello, launched after the UK’s biggest-ever law enforcement operation brought...
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£2.1m grant to fund county’s biggest ever crackdown on organised crime gangs

Bespoke funding of over £2m has been granted to Bedfordshire’s PCC, Kathryn Holloway, to target the criminal masterminds behind Organised Crime Groups (OCG) across the county...
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