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Detective dogs keeping illicit products off our high streets

THURROCK Trading Standards is now working to detect illegal vapes at our border points, with the help of tobacco detection dogs Dora and Grace. Trading...

Essex Police partners with First Charge to power electric vehicles at Basildon depot

ESSEX Police has partnered with First Charge, the third-party electric vehicle charging initiative from First Bus, to support the continued rollout of electric vehicles. Through...

Drug dealer jailed after fleeing property during welfare check

A DEALER who fled through the window of a flat as officers carried out a welfare check on a vulnerable drug user has been...

Essex Police describe drug-driving offences in January as “simply extraordinary”

“January’s arrests are simply extraordinary, with drug driving now overtaking drink driving as the leading cause of impaired driving,” says Essex Police’s Head of...

Essex police and crime commissioner warns neighbourhood policing could be seriously weakened under Government plans

ESSEX’S police and crime commissioner has warned that neighbourhood policing could be seriously weakened under Government plans to merge forces into much larger regional...

Essex Police boss says he will not use AI to solve staffing issues amid funding struggle

THE crime and police commissioner for Essex has said he will not allow AI and robotics to be used as an excuse to cut...

Essex Police supports national firearms amnesty for specific blank firers

ESSEX Police is supporting a four‑week amnesty to remove specific types of blank‑firing guns from circulation. The amnesty runs from 2 February to 27 February. After...

South Ockendon lorry driver made guns and prepared for a ‘race war’

A LORRY driver ran a gun-conversion workshop from a caravan, turning blank-firing weapons into lethal pistols for criminals while preparing for a so-called "race...

Lakeside: Appeal for witnesses after man arrested for indent

exposurePOLICE are appealing for information after a man was arrested following reports of someone exposing themselves in a car park at the Lakeside shopping...

North Stifford: Five arrests and cloning equipment seized;

FIVE men have been arrested and a stolen car and cloning equipment seized following proactive work by our officers. Officers were alerted to a Porsche...

Tilbury: Firearms officers bring pursuit to safe end

FIREARMS officers trained as patrolling response specialists recovered a stolen car and prevented potentially disastrous consequences when they brought a pursuit to a safe...

Lakeside and Chelmsford: Woman accused of stealing more than £2,500 of goods

A LONDON woman has appeared in court charged with stealing more than £2,500 of clothes and household items from shops at Lakeside and in...

Tribute to second man who died following collision in Aveley

THE family of a 66-year-old man who died following a collision in Aveley have described him as a true family man with a quick...

Thurrock neighbourhood police team visit community organisations

MEMBERS of Thurrock Police's Neighbourhood engagement teams had a busy week, with presentations to youngsters and older people across the borough about their work...

Man who died in a collision in Aveley described as “one in a million”

A MAN who died in a collision in Aveley earlier this week has been described as “one in a million”. Essex Police is now in...

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