Sunday, 7 February 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Six arrested over human trafficking
Six people have been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking in the North East. Officers from the UK Border Agency North East immigration crime team were called to North Shields Ferry Terminal on Friday after staff at the port identified a 15-year-old Armenian girl, who had arrived on the ferry...
The Scotsman (06-Feb-2010)

Cannabis farms a growing concern
More than 120,000 cannabis plants, worth £37 million, have been seized by police across Scotland, as part of their drive to tackle the growing problem of gangland drug...
Herald Scotland (06-Feb-2010)

FRENCH POLITICIAN JAILED FOR SMUGGLING MIGRANTS TO UK
A FRENCH politician was jailed for three years yesterday for helping her son smuggle 16 Vietnamese migrants into Britain in the back of a hired...
Sunday Express (06-Feb-2010)

Cops arrest suspect in East End just one hour after Hornchurch burglary
A SUSPECTED handler was collared by police in the East End just an hour after a home in Hornchurch was burgled, police have said. As part of an operation at Stepney Green Underground Station on Thursday last week, officers arrested a man on suspicion of handling stolen...
East London Advertiser (05-Feb-2010)