A MAN has been charged in connection with our ongoing investigation into the deaths of 39 people who were discovered in a lorry trailer in Grays in October 2019.
ON Sunday 23 October, a memorial service was held at West Thurrock Memorial Ground, to remember the 39 Vietnamese people whose bodies were found on Eastern Avenue in Thurrock in October 2019, having tragically lost their lives at the hands of organised criminal gangs.
SAFEGUARDING officers from our Op Raptor team are proactively identifying and offering protection to individuals they suspect are being exploited by drug dealing gangs.
POLICE, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst, has reappointed Ben-Julian (“BJ”) Harrington as the Chief Constable of Essex for a further three years to October 2026.
A SOUTHEND councillor is taking legal action against Thurrock Council after claiming he was “unlawfully detained” over a bribery allegation.
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POLICE were called to Weston Avenue, Thurrock, at around 2.45pm on Tuesday 13 September following a report of a man holding an item described as a firearm.
AN Essex Police spokesperson said: “Throughout the next seven days, we’ll be raising awareness of different hate crime offences, how to report them and the organisations you can go to for support if you don’t want to talk to us straight away.
A POLICE team launched in the wake of the deaths of 39 migrants found in the back of a lorry in 2019 is aiming to make sure such a tragedy is never repeated.
