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Police seize counterfeit goods and cash from Croydon shops
Shops in Croydon and in Brixton have been among 30 sites raided by the Metropolitan Police, seizing hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth of counterfeit goods and suspected illegal cash as part of an operation to disrupt money laundering and the … Continue reading
FBI cyber investigation leads to jailing of Croydon paedophile
A Croydon paedophile was today sentenced to 25 years for inciting and recording thousands of children engaging in sexual activity online. A National Crime Agency investigation found that IT specialist Robert Chown, 49, captured photos and videos of the abuse and … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Dark web, FBI, National Crime Agency, NCA, Paedophile, Robert Chown, The Sanctuary
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Two teenagers at centre of cyber web charged over TfL attack
Two teenagers appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today charged over the cyber attack which crippled Transport for London’s fares and data systems for months. Estimates put the cost to Londoners of TfL fixing and dealing with the cyberattack at £30million. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing, TfL, Transport
Tagged City of London Police, Cyber hack, Cybercrime, London, National Crime Agency, TfL, Transport for London
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Beckenham drug-dealer given 28 years over cocaine imports
A drug-dealer from Beckenham has been convicted for supplying cocaine and jailed after evidence gathered from his encrypted phone showed he had imported more than half a tonne of the Class A drug – estimated to have a street value … Continue reading
Met’s month-long amnesty on potentially lethal blank guns
Croydon is among the police stations around the capital which, from tomorrow, will be allowing people to hand in a certain type of blank gun as part of a month-long amnesty aimed at getting these potentially deadly weapons off the … Continue reading
Streatham drug dealers jailed for importing gun from Florida
Drug dealers McNeil Colly and Keston Redhead, who tried to buy a handgun by mail order, have been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. The Taurus self-loading pistol was seized by Border Force officers at Stansted Airport in July … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Cocaine, Drugs gangs, Gun crime, knife crime, marijuana, McNeil Colly, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, NCA, Streatham
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Bank details for 5,000 TfL passengers accessed in cyber attack
The National Crime Agency has this afternoon announced that it has traced the source of the cyber attack against Transport for London to a teenager living in Walsall in the West Midlands. The news comes as TfL has admitted for … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, London-wide issues, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged cyber attack, cyber crime, National Crime Agency, TfL, Transport for London
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Crystal meth parcels tracked to ‘corrupt insider’ in Croydon
A woman from Thornton Heath who acted as “the corrupt insider” has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for her part in an international drugs ring that exported £4million-worth of crystal meth to Australia. Yvonne Stewart, 55, of York … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Crystal meth, Drugs crime, Methamphetamine, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, Thornton Heath
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Four arrested after people smuggling gang tracked to Croydon
The National Crime Agency has arrested two people in Croydon as part of a major joint UK-French investigation into people smugglers, who are alleged to have advertised on Facebook, offering to get people across the English Channel in small boats. … Continue reading
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Tagged English Channel, Heathfield Road, National Crime Agency, People smuggling, small boats, Vietnam, Vietnamese
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Plumber convicted for converting toy guns into lethal weapons
A south London plumber who converted blank-firing replica guns into lethal weapons has been jailed for seven years and two months following a National Crime Agency investigation. Evan Girdlestone, age 48, was arrested by officers from the NCA’s Armed Operations … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Evan Girdlestone, illegal guns, National Crime Agency, NCA, Plumber
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Fraudsters convicted after decade of online ‘romance’ scams
A couple from south London who tricked victims into sending hundreds of thousands of pounds in a romance fraud have been sentenced. Ibrahim Moro, 33, from Bromley, and Rebecca Patrick, 32, from Croydon, targeted older and vulnerable victims on online … Continue reading
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Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, NCA, Romance fraud
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Dealer gets 9 years as police seize £3.5m of cocaine and heroin
A criminal from Streatham who used supermarket carrier bags when supplying almost a hundredweight of cocaine and heroin to drug dealers in Croydon and across south London has been jailed. Tishan Hewitt pleaded guilty to drugs possession and supply offences … Continue reading
South Croydon cyber fraudster caught out on Deliveroo orders
A Belarussian fraudster bit off more than he could chew when he started ordering his meals from Deliveroo to his flat in South Croydon by using one of his dodgy aliases. Denis Kupcevich conned hundreds of thousands of pounds from … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Croydon
Tagged Deliveroo, Denis Kupcevich, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, South Croydon
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