Detectives have made seven arrests as part of an investigation into the reported supply of class A drugs. As part of an ongoing investigation by Dorset Police’s Serious Organised Crime Team into the alleged supply of class A drugs by an organised crime g...
Release date: 02/04/2026
Two drug dealers who were stopped in Weymouth as part of a proactive operation cracking down on the supply of illegal drugs have been sentenced at court. Reece Terry Hill-Baden, aged 21, and Clara Amanda Jade Kerridge, aged 34, both of Weymouth, were stop...
Release date: 20/03/2026
Almost a hundred people have been arrested across the South West after police forces joined together to target illegal drugs and child criminal exploitation (CCE). Operation Scorpion brings together the five South West police forces; Avon and Somerset, Do...
Release date: 13/03/2026
An investigation by detectives into an organised crime group has disrupted the supply of crack cocaine and heroin in Dorset. Three defendants have appeared before the court for the role they played in supplying crack cocaine and heroin between July 2022 a...
Release date: 12/03/2026
Two men have been charged with drugs offences following their arrests in Bournemouth last month by officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU). Zakaria El-Basir, 22, from Post Office Ro...
Release date: 18/02/2026
Three men from Bournemouth have been charged as part of an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) into drug trafficking and money laundering. The following men appeared at ...
Release date: 27/01/2026
Eight people were arrested on Wednesday 21 January and one person was arrested on Thursday 22 January 2026 as part of a South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) investigation into serious and organised crime. Supported by officers fro...
Release date: 23/01/2026
More than a hundred people have been arrested across the South West after police forces came together to target illegal drugs and child criminal exploitation (CCE). Operation Scorpion is a collaboration between the South West’s five police forces (Avon an...
Release date: 03/12/2025
Police forces from across the South West have come together for their latest crackdown on drug supply networks operating across the area. The latest week of intensification as part of the Operation Scorpion initiative involved a range of enforcement actio...
Release date: 04/07/2025
A warrant executed by officers from the Bournemouth East Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has led to a man being jailed for drug dealing offences.Klodian Gjoci, aged 36 and of Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to...
Release date: 01/05/2025
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