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Three arrested in Bedford as police seize drugs and weapons in cross-border crime crackdown

Three men arrested in Bedford after suspected cocaine, a zombie knife and a bat were found during police operations targeting organised crime across Bedfordshire...

Six arrested in Bedford after major police operation to disrupt organised crime

Six people have been arrested in Bedford following a major Bedfordshire Police operation focused on disrupting "crucial cogs" in the organised crime system. The men in their 50s, 40s...

Cannabis plants worth over £220,000 seized following Ashburnham Road warrant

Cannabis plants worth more than £220,000 have been seized after a warrant targeting organised crime as part of Bedfordshire Police's Operation Costello. In the early hours of...

Bedford man among international crime gang jailed

A 30-year-old man from Bedford has been jailed as part of an international organised crime gang that laundered over £4m in cash from human trafficking and the sale of cannabis...

Police ‘map’ 10 organised crime gangs operating in Bedford Borough

Bedfordshire Police has ‘mapped’ ten organised crime groups and three gangs in Bedford borough, councillors were told. Detective Chief Inspector Katie Dounias...

Suspected burglar charged after police chase

A man police believe is behind a series of burglaries, including some in Bedford, has been charged as part of an operation to target an organised crime group. The Leighton Buzzard...

Beds Police awarded more than £7 million to tackle violence, exploitation and organised crime

Ministers have recognised the extraordinary challenges faced by Bedfordshire Police and awarded them their largest-ever grant. Over £7m - as two batches of £3.6m - has been given to the force to...

Six years jail for Bedford man who groomed and exploited teen drug dealing network

A 22-year-old man from Bedford who groomed, manipulated and exploited a network of teenagers to deal drugs for his criminal enterprise has been jailed for six years...

£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...

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...

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