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Tag Archives: National Crime Agency
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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