Local Drug dealing / Drug use Update- Operation Catalana

Local Drug dealing / Drug use Update- Operation Catalana

Here’s a quick update on drugs dealing crime in your area, please be reassured that we’re taking this seriously and are here to help.

Excellent news following yesterday morning’s activity under Operation Catalana.

As part of our ongoing operation to tackle serious youth violence in Hackney, officers executed 13 warrants across the borough. The operation delivered some outstanding results:

• 12 arrests
• Over £20,000 worth of Class A drugs recovered
• 5 knives seized
• Approximately £3,000 in cash recovered
• Several drug lines disrupted and secured

10 subjects were charged and remanded to Thames Magistrates’ Court for a combination of approximately 30 offences relating to conspiracy to supply and supply of Class A drugs.

This result demonstrates what can be achieved when we work together towards a common goal of tackling serious violence and drug-related harm in our communities.

Drug dealing is often linked with violent crime and the exploitation of vulnerable people, and discarded drug equipment can be a health risk and counts as antisocial behaviour.  

We’ve put hundreds more officers on the frontlines of community crime-fighting teams, upping visible patrols in the right ‘hot spots’ so we can deter and catch criminals.

We are committed to tackling drug dealing wherever we find it. It forms a key part of our recently published ASB Action Plan. We will keep you updated on our efforts to do this in your area, but if you have any concerns or evidence, it is important you report this as soon as possible.  

If you have experienced drug dealing in your area, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.met.police.uk or call the non-emergency number 101. 

Alternatively, you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org