Humberside successful in disrupting serious and organised crime

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Humberside successful in disrupting serious and organised crime

More than 500 arrests have been made in a five-week operation that took advantage of lockdown to use intelligence led enforcement to move in on serious criminals.

Humberside Assistant Chief Constable Paul Anderson

Date - 24th June 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Operation Galaxy is a “proactive taskforce” made up of detectives, officers and staff from Major Crime, Roads Policing, Intelligence, Economic Crime, Police dog handlers and various other departments. The team have been up and running...

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