A man from north London has been sentenced to four years in prison for arranging to meet with an adult to arrange the sexual abuse of a child. Mark Pegram, 65, of Enfield, was sentenced today (Wednesday) at Swindon Crown Court after pleading guilty to the commission of a child sex offence and possessing indecent…
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The head of an organised crime group and his associates who were responsible for supplying millions of pounds worth of drugs across the South West were sentenced on Friday (3 November) at Bristol Crown Court. Anes Troudi, age 40 from Fishponds; Adnan Malik, 33 from St Annes; Gary Browne, 39 from Radstock; and Carl Powell,…
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A man has been jailed after breaching his sexual harm prevention order by sexually communicating with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Daniel Thomas, 33, of Westbury, was caught following a Wiltshire Police investigation supported by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU). Between May 4 and June 27 this year, Thomas…
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Officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) are appealing for help to find wanted man Christopher Barbosa, 31, formerly of Dingle View, Sea Mills, Bristol. Barbosa is charged with three offences of conspiracy to supply class A drugs – cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine – as well as conspiracy to conceal criminal…
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Four people were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday (6 October) for their roles in a major drugs conspiracy that saw at least £3 million worth of cocaine supplied from London and the East Midlands to the south west. Seven people have already been sentenced to a total of 60 years at previous hearings…
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A Bristol man has pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering offences after being arrested by officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) last week. Karl McEwing, 39, from Henbury, was arrested last Wednesday afternoon (13/9) following a warrant that led to nearly 17 kilos of high potency imported Californian cannabis, or…
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A former prison officer at HMP Portland appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday (18 August) and was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Aisha Golsby, age 23, of Trenchard Way in Weymouth, previously pleaded guilty to six offences committed between June 2021 and March 2022 whilst serving as a prison officer. She was sentenced…
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An operation targeting organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in cannabis cultivation has led to 67 arrests, £6.8 million worth of cannabis and weapons including a 9mm pistol being seized from locations across the South West. The region’s five police forces, supported by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) and working with the Police…
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A further five people have been arrested as part of an investigation into class A drug supply in Hayle and Penzance, Cornwall, with another suspect later attending Camborne Police Station. The investigation, led by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) and supported by Devon and Cornwall Police, has already led to six others…
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Seven people who attempted to import illegal bladed weapons purchased online and seized by UK Border Force have been visited by officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) as part of Operation Sceptre, a national crackdown on knife crime. Officers visited the homes of the intended recipients in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Plymouth,…
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