This Range Rover Evoque, which used to be owned by a local criminal, is now up for auction WEST Yorkshire Police are auctioning off a local criminal s former car – with proceeds going to worthy causes across the county. The Range Rover Evoque, above, belonged to somebody now doing five years in prison. It was seized through the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) legislation. The Kirklees District Crime Team displayed it today outside Huddersfield Police Station to warn people thinking of committing crime, that it doesn’t pay. The force has also put posters on the vehicle to warn people who have a look at the flashy motor that criminals could be looking to exploit children into a life of crime.
Five people have been arrested and a gun seized in a joint operation targeting the supply of drugs between West and North Yorkshire (file photos) FIVE people have been arrested and a gun seized in a joint operation targeting the supply of drugs between West and North Yorkshire. Officers from West and North Yorkshire Police, British Transport Police (BTP) and the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) carried out drugs the raids in Whitby and Huddersfield yesterday. In Huddersfield, a man aged 22 was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, and a 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
Five arrested and firearm seized in cross-border police operation including drugs raid in Whitby
A firearm was also recovered from a property
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TWO men were due to appear before magistrates today charged with drugs offences following a police investigation into cross county drugs trafficking. Ben Heppenstall, 21, of Watercroft in Huddersfield, was due to appear before Leeds Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to supply Class A heroin and crack in the Scarborough area and possession of a Section 5 firearm. Ben Whitwam, 25, from Huddersfield, was due to appear before magistrates in North Yorkshire charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in the Scarborough area. The men were arrested yesterday as part of a joint policing operation into the alleged supply of drugs from Kirklees into Scarborough.
Friday 12 March 2021
Two men were due to appear before magistrates today charged with drugs offences following a police investigation into cross county drugs trafficking.
Ben Heppenstall (21) of Watercroft in Huddersfield was due to appear before Leeds Magistrates Court charged with Conspiracy to Supply Class A Heroin and Crack in the Scarborough area and Possession of a Section 5 firearm.