man, 39, held after Wavertree doorstep acid attack - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Toxteth man, 39, held after Wavertree doorstep acid attack - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "man suspected of throwing acid in another man’s face was arrested.
The 39-year-old from Toxteth was today being questioned by police, following the attack which left the victim with serious burns to his face and neck.
A police constable who needed treatment after being burned was also praised today.
PC Barry Norton, 37, was first on the scene of the horrific attack in Lawrence Road, Wavertree, on Tuesday night.
The victim, 33, answered his front door at around 10.35pm only to have the substance thrown in his face. Police said they do not believe it was a random attack."

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Cannabis haul discovered after strong winds blow doors off Kirkby lock-up - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Cannabis haul discovered after strong winds blow doors off Kirkby lock-up - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "MASSIVE cannabis factory was discovered on a Merseyside industrial estate when gale-force winds blew the doors to the unit open.
The 2,000-plant drugs farm, thought to be capable of producing up to £1m of cannabis, was dismantled by police yesterday.
The high winds that hit the region last week caused mass damage with trees being uprooted and houses being damaged."

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SOCA swoops on alleged drug gang and stolen passport ring - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Liverpool SOCA swoops on alleged drug gang and stolen passport ring - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "ALLEGED members of a crime ring trading in Class A drugs and stolen passports were rounded up in Liverpool in two days of swoops.
Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Merseyside police spent yesterday and Wednesday arresting their targets in a massive pre-planned operation.
More than 200 officers were involved in arresting 20 men and two women in Liverpool.
SOCA officers also picked up three more men in London, one in Lancashire and one in Scotland.
Searches of the suspects’ homes were carried out along with a house and flat in the sleepy village of Cushendall, County Antrim.
A haul of cash and what are believed to be Class A drugs were found. The drugs have now been sent off for testing.
Investigators also found a raft of forged documents which are understood to relate to fake or stolen passports."

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Michael ‘Sick Mick’ Farrell could be freed by Spanish authorities along with 12 others after it emrged ectasy pills were fake - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo

Michael ‘Sick Mick’ Farrell could be freed by Spanish authorities along with 12 others after it emrged ectasy pills were fake - Liverpool Local News - News - Liverpool Echo: "Merseyside’s most wanted men who was arrested in Spain on drug trafficking charges could now be freed.
Michael Farrell, 22, was wanted for questioning by Merseyside Police after a string of shootings across north Liverpool.
Farrell, also known as “Sick Mick”, was arrested on September 27 in Torrevieja, near Alicante, when the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and the paramilitary Civil Guard targeted a 12 strong gang of Liverpool men and women suspected of supplying designer drugs to clubbers on the Costa Blanca and Ibiza.
But he and the gang could now be freed by the Spanish authorities after it emerged the 53,000 ecstasy pills they were allegedly going to sell were made of caffeine.
The pills had been hidden in false compartments in a vehicle which the gang were allegedly planning to take by ferry from Denia, on the Costa Blanca, to Ibiza."

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Chav police on patrol: Officers don hoodies and caps to fight street crime | Mail Online

Chav police on patrol: Officers don hoodies and caps to fight street crime | Mail Online: "Slouched in a dimly-lit pedestrian tunnel with hoods up and hands hidden, they look far from the type to spring to your aid in your hour of need.
But these two shady-looking characters are in fact police officers working undercover.
They have swapped their helmets, shirts and trousers for baseball caps, hoodies and tracksuit bottoms in a bid to look like 'chavs'.
Earlier this week a team of around 20 officers from Thames Valley Police took to the streets dressed more like the people they were trying to catch."

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27 held after drug gang raids in UK

The Press Association: 27 held after drug gang raids in UK: "200 police officers took part in co-ordinated raids across the UK in an operation targeting drug gangs, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said.
Twenty men and two women were arrested in Merseyside, three men in London, one man in Lancashire and a 48-year-old man in Cairnryan, near Stranraer, Scotland.
Officers seized a quantity of cash, class A drugs and a number of forged identity documents.
Searches were also carried out at two properties in Cushendall, County Antrim.
Items were removed for forensic examination from a house in Gaults Road and an apartment on Coast Road in the village, near Ballymena.
The operation, supported by Merseyside Police, took place over the last two days and relates to an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking, money laundering and the production and supply of false identity documents, Soca said.
A Soca spokeswoman said: 'The individuals are currently being questioned by Soca officers at police stations in the Merseyside area.'"

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Cele: Crime is an international phenomenon - Times LIVE

Cele: Crime is an international phenomenon - Times LIVE: "Cele said that when he went to London a month before the World Cup he wanted to visit the suburb of Brixton, and his designated driver had 'literally refused' to take him there.
The driver had been concerned that either the car, or Cele and the car, would never return.
'I'm simply saying we are dealing with [an] international phenomenon. Crime is [an] international phenomenon,' he said.
He said a batch of stolen cars discovered this week in the port of Durban all came from London.
'I'm saying to you, you act as if you are crimeless where you come from,' Cele said. 'You are not crimeless.'
'Dont' talk as if you are crimeless.'"

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Police to patrol Leeds streets with McDonald's marshals to beat crime | Mail Online

Police to patrol Leeds streets with McDonald's marshals to beat crime | Mail Online: "McDonald’s is helping to pay for a team of police officers and civilians to patrol the streets of a city centre at night.
The ‘street marshals’ are being funded entirely by local businesses, including the fast food chain, to try to control alcohol-fuelled violence.
Critics, however, fear the scheme is another potentially dangerous example of ordinary citizens being used to replace police officers to save money."

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