Tackling criminality on Norfolk's roads

Tackling criminality on Norfolk's roads

41 arrests. 40 vehicles seized. One week of action across Norfolk.

Last month, officers were out across the county as part of Operation Lockstream, a proactive policing operation targeting Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) on Norfolk's roads.

Working at key locations including Thetford, Diss, Swaffham, Great Yarmouth and alongside colleagues from Cambridgeshire Constabulary near Wisbech, officers made 41 arrests and seized 40 vehicles.

Among the results:

A man using a false driving licence was arrested, leading officers to a cannabis grow containing around 200 plants and around £10,000 worth of cannabis.

A wanted man linked to multiple theft offences and who had failed to appear at court was located, arrested and remanded.

Another individual who produced a counterfeit driving licence during a roadside stop was found to be wanted as an immigration absconder and was charged and remanded.

Three people travelling in a vehicle linked to theft offences in the King's Lynn area were arrested, with enquiries revealing outstanding warrants and immigration offences.

Sgt Josh Preston, who led the operation, said the results show the value of intelligence-led policing and partnership working in disrupting criminality and bringing offenders before the courts. Operations like Lockstream help tackle organised crime, drug offences, theft and immigration-related offending, while making Norfolk's roads and communities safer for everyone.