A burglary has been reported in your area.



Dear resident

Please be aware there has been a burglary overnight 3/7/20 in Healing village. A property was entered via an insecurity in Radcliffe road. 

Residents are reminded to ensure basic house security such as locking all doors and windows and keeping valuable property and items somewhere secure within your home. 

Grimsby West Policing team. 

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Shutting one cannabis factory down after another with over £1,000,000 worth of seizures

Over 2,500 cannabis plants with an approximate street value of £1,141,650 have been seized and destroyed in the last few weeks, as action against the cultivation of cannabis in North East Lincs continues with no sign of officers slowing down. 
 
Over the last three weeks as part of an ongoing investigation, a number of properties have been raided and six cannabis factories discovered. 
 
Six people have also been arrested, with five charged and the sixth released under investigation pending further enquiries.

Detective Inspector Tom Kelly said: “We are continuing our investigations and enforcement against cannabis factories across North East Lincolnshire, helping to take drugs and offenders off of our streets.

“Our dedicated operation began just over a month ago and in total now over 2500 cannabis plants have been recovered from nine cannabis factories discovered, eight people have been charged and six further arrests have been made.
 
“My team are dedicated to making North East Lincolnshire and beyond a safer place to live and will continue to take action against those intent on challenging that.”
 
In the last three weeks, a warrant executed on Wednesday 27 May at a property on Willingham Street, Grimsby, a 33-year-old man was arrested. We recovered and destroyed 300 cannabis plants of varying stages of growth from inside the property. Denis Begu, of Willingham Street, was charged with production of cannabis and remanded into custody, awaiting his next court appearance at Grimsby Crown Court which is due to take place on Monday 29 June.

Op Galaxy officers helped this ongoing operation by executing a warrant at a property on Taylors Avenue, Cleethorpes. On entrance to the property, cannabis plants, suspected Class A drugs and drug dealing equipment were seized and the investigation is ongoing.

A warrant was executed at an address on Patrick Street, Grimsby on Thursday 4 June, in which 174 cannabis plants were found and seized. Suard Matmuja, 19, of Patrick Street has been charged with production of cannabis and remanded to prison following an appearance at Grimsby Magistrates Court. He is due to appear in Grimsby Crown Court on Monday 6 July.

On attending a property on Heneage Road, Grimsby, on Monday 8 June, approximately 24 cannabis plants were discovered in two bedrooms of the property, along with growing equipment and a 30-year-old man was arrested, who has been released under investigation as we continue our enquiries. The plants and equipment were seized from the property.

A total of 167 cannabis plants were discovered and later seized following the execution of a warrant on Monday 8 June at a property on Talbot Road, Immingham. Erjon Koltraka, 25 of Talbot Road was arrested and has been charged and remanded into custody following an appearance at Grimsby Magistrates Court on Tuesday 9 June.

A large cannabis factory containing approximately 1,450 plants with a street value of £652,500 was discovered on the morning of Friday 12 June at an address on Owmby Close, Immingham. Two men were arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis. Klodjan Hila (36) of no fixed abode and Ylli and Krakulli (33) of no fixed abode have since been charged.

DI Kelly continued: “The cultivation of cannabis is a serious offence that can affect a wide variety of people, whether that’s young people getting brought into drug dealing, anti-social behaviour at the factory properties or the criminality that comes with users of drugs congregating in certain areas of our communities.

“The action that we’re taking against these growers comes from our own intelligence, as well as that from the community. The information that is given to us from residents the targeted areas plays an integral role in the discovery of these cannabis factories, and the subsequent arrests of those intent on causing harm. That’s why we always encourage people to report suspicious activity.”

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Good News!

More nuisance bikes are off the streets of northern Lincolnshire as part of Operation Yellowfin - our continued effort to tackle dangerous riding and antisocial behaviour.
Our officers and Special Constables have been patrolling hot spot areas across Grimsby, Scunthorpe and the surrounding areas, seizing bikes and issuing Traffic Offence Reports to those riding illegally.
Other riders have been given official warnings about their behaviour, which could lead to their vehicles being seized if they continue to flout the law.
However, officers in both Grimsby and Scunthorpe said that for a number of the riders they had encountered recently, all that was needed was a bit of education.
Sergeant Darryl Caroline, from the Grimsby West neighbourhood team said: “We know that nuisance bikes are an issue which is really important to you and we are not letting off the pressure on those who chose to use motorbikes to cause disruption and get involved in antisocial behaviour.
“We’re continuing to take action wherever we can, seizing bikes that have been stolen or are being ridden dangerously or illegally and identifying those involved so they can be arrested and dealt with.
“Your support and information is vital in helping us to do this and our officers are out there gathering the information we need to take action.
“We’re also doing more random stop checks to ensure riders’ documents are in order and offer crime prevention advice to stop people riding legitimately losing their bikes to thieves.
“What we have also found more recently is that many riders we encounter are trying to do everything right – their bikes are legally owned with the right insurance in place and they are wearing proper safety equipment.
“However, they have been unaware that they’re not entitled to ride in certain areas or that they’re disturbing others and have been more than happy to move away when we have spoken to them.”
Sergeant Will Harrison from the Scunthorpe urban team added that alongside seizing nuisance bikes, there’s also a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes.
He said: “We’re doing a lot of work to identify where these bikes are being stored and carry out searches, so that we can seize them and deal with the riders in a way that minimises the risk to the wider community.
“Again, you can really make a difference by letting us know if you see them being taken into properties or alleyways near you, so if you have any information, please let us know.
“We’re also continuing to work with local garages to speak to staff and display posters about restricting petrol sales to suspicious riders.”
If you have any information or concerns about nuisance bikes, please speak to your local officers, call us on our non-emergency 101 line or direct message us on our Twitter or Facebook accounts - @humberbeat.
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From catching burglars, robbers and thieves to targeting organised crime groups, our Criminal Investigation Department (CID) teams are the ones stopping those who cause significant harm to our communities in their tracks.
As these are also the offenders that we’re targeting as part of our ongoing work for Operation Galaxy, unsurprisingly, our CID teams are playing a key role.
Made of up highly trained detectives, Investigating Officers and Police Constables, each area of the force has its own dedicated team who use their local knowledge and expertise to help keep you safe.
Detective Inspector Tom Kelly (pictured right) is one of these officers, overseeing the work of CID in North East Lincolnshire.
He took time out from his busy schedule to tell us more about life on the front line and how Operation Galaxy is making a difference:
 
We’ve all heard of CID – tell us more about the crimes you deal with:
In CID we deal with some of the most serious crimes, things that really have an impact on victims and the wider community.
This includes everything from acquisitive crime, such as burglary and robbery to firearms offences, domestic abuse, drugs offences and arson – all of which are key areas we’re targeting under Op Galaxy.
The reason we focus on these kind of offences is that can have a huge effect on someone’s sense of safety and wellbeing, so it’s really important to us to do everything feasible to make them feel secure.
 
How do you do that?
 Of course we want to catch the person responsible and put them before the courts – that goes without saying – but there’s more to it than that.
We care about what’s happened to people who are victims of crime and we understand the effect it’s had on them.
Our colleagues in the Force Control Room, Community Safety Unit and Neighbourhood Policing Teams are great at providing help and support, as well as offering tips and advice on home security and crime prevention.
Our role is the investigation and this can take a number of different forms, depending on the circumstances of the offence.
 
Tell us more:
An investigation starts from the moment you report a crime to us.
If you’re calling as it’s happening and the offenders are still there, we’ll try to get officers on their way to you as quickly as possible.
When you’ve come back to find something has happened then we need to handle things differently.
We start by getting as much information as we can over the phone to help us decide what we need to do next and this can take some time.
As we’re taking your initial statement, we will ask you questions to find out about any investigative opportunities there might be and use this to put together an investigation plan.
This might mean us coming out to the scene of the crime and gathering forensic evidence but that’s not always necessary.
But if we don’t come that doesn’t mean nothing is being done. There’s lots of work that goes on behind the scenes.
 
Like what?
There are lots of teams that form CID and they all different roles to play.
Officers from the Crime Management Unit will start looking at things like the availability of CCTV straight away and suggesting potential lines of enquiry we could make.
This could be forensics. For example, if the offender has dropped something that you know isn’t yours and no one has touched it, or there’s blood on broken glass, it could be really useful for our Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) team to come out and gather evidence.
With offences like burglary, a small number of people are usually responsible for the majority of the incidents reported to us and forensics can help us link offenders to crimes.
That’s not always possible though. For example, exposure to the elements or things that have been touched by lots of different people can make finding any relevant evidence very difficult.
What’s important to remember is that CSI is only one of a whole raft of investigation tools we have available to us.
We also consider things like whether it’s likely anyone will have seen or heard anything, looking at how remote the location of the offence is and other factors such as the time of day.
If we think it’s likely someone will have been in the area, we can appeal for witnesses to come forward using our social media and websites, My Community Alert or the local press.
However, sometimes these opportunities just aren’t there and that’s as frustrating for us as is it for you – we get into policing because we don’t want criminals operating in our area.
But even when this is the case it’s not a case of “here’s a crime number and that’s the end of it.”
 
What do you do then?
We store details of every offence that’s reported to us and that information is used by our intelligence officers and analysts to find patterns that can help us pinpoint who is responsible.
Our CID teams regularly look at this data as part of our ongoing investigations and it may be that a more recent crime can give us the information we need to find out who was responsible for offences that have happened before.
Almost every burglary is also discussed at our morning briefings, which are attended by representatives of all our force teams.
Again, this helps us to see the bigger picture and we can use this to inform our crime prevention work, targeting patrols into vulnerable areas and working with you to offer advice on improving your home security or highlighting scams.
Doing this detective work, piecing together the evidence we have and being able to get justice for victims is the best part of the job.
The things we deal with generally have a significant impact on victims, so being able to offer them a sense of justice in prosecuting offenders and seeing them get custodial sentences for the hard work we do is really satisfying.
It’s also great when we can return stolen property to victims – especially if it has sentimental value.
I know my colleagues over in Hull have recovered a number of stolen motorbikes and other property as part of Op Galaxy, which they have been able to link back to previous burglaries and we hope to do the same with any stolen property we recover in this area.

 
Where can I find out more?
If you want more information on crime prevention and the latest information about what’s happening in your area, visit our website, follow our force Twitter and Facebook accounts @Humberbeat.
If you have more questions about how we deal with burglaries and thefts, reply to this message and let us know.
Although we won’t be able to discuss specific cases, we will post another update from our CID teams answering as many as we can on Thursday, 25 June.

Over 200 Op Galaxy arrests


Officers from across our Neighbourhood teams, Major Crime, Patrol, CID, Roads Policing, Special Ops and many more are coming together day in day out to tackle issues and individuals you say are causing the most harm.

Since 5pm yesterday, 28 people have been arrested for a number of offences from robbery to possession with intent to supply drugs, sexual assault to grievous bodily harm. That takes the total arrested in eleven days of intensive action to 212. Within that activity, we’ve executed 44 warrants across the force area, 27 people have been charged and 114 have been bailed or released under investigation.

In the last 24 hours, we’ve also conducted 14 proactive stop and searches in areas such as Beverley, Bridlington and Hull, and our local teams have continued to complete checks on those with domestic violence protection orders to ensure the safety of those most vulnerable. Some of the hotspot areas across the force we’ve patrolled in the last day include Longhill, Orchard Park and Boothferry Road Goole, East Marsh and Scunthorpe, aiming to deter criminal activity from regularly reported areas.

Chief Superintendent Darren Downs said: “The continued success of Operation Galaxy is only possible with the information we receive from the community.

“Our neighbourhood teams are out and about everyday gathering information from the people of their areas, which is then passed onto our wider Op Galaxy officers to decide on what action to take, whether that’s obtaining a warrant, focussing high visibility patrols in a certain area or engaging with partner agencies.

“Any action we do take is then followed up with the community to ensure they know we are taking action in their area to make them feel safer.

“We have arrested 212 people in total now, which couldn’t have been done without our communities support and intelligence.  We have made growing progress that Humberside is feeling a really difficult place to commit criminal offences, we will catch and convict any offenders quickly.

“If you have identified a particular issue in your area, I would encourage you to tell us about it. The action we’ve taken so far is based on what you’re telling us and we will continue to act to ensure that our communities are protected from those that intend to cause them harm.”

Just some of what we’ve been up to in the last 24 hours…
Following a successful warrant on the Great Thornton Estate this morning by the Hull Centre Neighbourhood team as part of Op Galaxy, a 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A and B drugs. A large quantity of psychoactive substance and Amphetamine (class B) were seized along with crack cocaine (Class A). 


Following a robbery at a property on Whitethorn Avenue, Withernsea yesterday, Thursday 4 June, in which a woman was reportedly threatened with a screwdriver and had her bank card stolen, which was later used fraudulently to withdraw £200, a 22-year-old woman has been arrested and remains in our custody.
 
A vehicle stop by our Roads Policing Team between junction 36 and 37 (Goole and Ouse Bridge) on the M62 Westbound resulted in the recovery and seizure of a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs. A 56-year-old man from Manchester was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and remains in our detention.
 
A warrant was executed at a property on Ramsden Avenue, Barton-Upon-Humber this morning which resulted in the arrest of a 37-year-old local man for possession of cannabis. One hundred and fifty cannabis plants and a bike was also found at the property, and we are asking that if the bike belongs to you, or you know whose it is, to call our non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference number 16/59975/20.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of a robbery reported to us on 30 May in East Park, Hull.
 
A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to a residence, following a report that a brick was thrown through the window of a property on Schofield Avenue, Beverley in the early hours of Tuesday 2 June. The man, also from Beverley, is in custody. A woman was already arrested in this case on 2 June and released on police bail pending further enquiries.
 
Following an alleged assault on a man, which took place at a property on Redbourne Road, Grimsby, a 46-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm.
 
We have arrested an outstanding 18-year-old local man following a burglary attempt at a property on Sanctuary Way, Grimsby on 16 April. He is in our custody as enquiries continue.
Op Galaxy will continue throughout the weekend and into its third week next week. To keep up with what’s going on, sign up to My Community Alert or follow our @humberbeat social media channels.


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184 arrests in eight days of Op Galaxy


We are now eight days into our forcewide intensified Operation Galaxy action and in that time a total 184 people have been arrested with 34 charges brought, a further 22 people detained for court and two transported straight to prison on recall.

The vast majority of the remaining people arrested have been either bailed or released under investigation, whilst we complete further investigations.

The teams have been out and about in Grimsby this morning carrying out warrants at addresses on Harold Street, Wellhome Road, Patrick Street and Orchard Drive. 

As part of our commitment to protecting vulnerable people, we have been visiting addresses where we believe there may be vulnerable people being targeted by criminals, to help us protect and safeguard them.

As part of this a vulnerable teenage boy was located at an address in Grimsby, he has since been safeguarded and is being given the appropriate support. 

The Neighbourhood Team have been supporting the activity and have been out with partners knocking on doors and speaking with members of the local community as well as conducting high visibility patrols in hotspot areas.

Op Galaxy action is taking place 24 hours a day, seven days a week and we are focussed on catching offenders that are causing the most harm to our communities, acting on information you tell us about the issues that matter the most to you.


Highlights from the last 24 hours:
- Officers carrying out a warrant at Patrick Street found a cannabis farm, where a total of 173 cannabis plants were seized. One man was arrested at the property, he remains in our custody whilst enquiries continue.
 
- A wanted woman was located at the address on Wellholme Road and brought into our custody, where she remains whilst investigations continue. 
 
- A 31-year-old man from Hull who was wanted on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs was arrested. He remains in our custody at this time.
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