POLICE EXECUTED a number of search warrants in Hackney last month – as a result of which seven people were arrested. A further two people – a male, 23, and a female, 24 – were taken into custody. The seven ...
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ON THE FACE of it, this has to be good news. The Metropolitan Police have just announced that 16 people were arrested in Tower Hamlets and Hackney during a recent “hit day”, bringing total arrests to 145 since March 2020. ...
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IN OCTOBER we usually celebrate Black History. This month we are looking at how Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Councillors are making new history. “#OperationContinuum an intelligence-led, phased operation established in response to ongoing reports of drug dealing, drug use ...
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POLICE OFFICERS have hailed Wednesday’s dawn drugs raids in Tower Hamlets as a good example of Operation Continuum – which is carried out in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council. The new Operation replaces the scheme run by the previous Executive ...
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EARLY THIS MORNING, 5th August, police staged raids on ten homes in Tower Hamlets. The operation was conducted by the Gangs Task Force and was part of Operation Continuum. Six men were arrested on suspicion of being part of the ...
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SEVENTEEN Tower Hamlets residents were arrested as the police held a day of action in the borough at the end of last month. The arrests were all on suspicion of various drug offences, with three men arrests on suspicion of ...
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A MAN HAS been charged with the murder of Jay John, who was found injured in a Hackney Street last month. Jay John was aged 27 and lived near Trinity Close, E8, where he was found after being assaulted. It ...
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THREE MORE young men have been jailed for offences related to the supply of illegal drugs – bringing the total number jailed after the “Operation Continuum” operation to 27. A total of 50 people have been charged as a result ...
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A FURTHER EIGHT MEN appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 23rd August, and received jail sentences after pleading guilty at earlier hearings to a range of charges in connection with the supply of illegal drugs. This is the second batch ...
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A RECORD SIXTEEN men, almost all from Tower Hamlets, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last Friday – and they were all sent to jail for supplying a range of illegal drugs within East London. The men were arrested on various ...
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