Results tagged “Metropolitan Police”

Two men from Tower Hamlets have been jailed for eight years each for being part of a gang involved in a plan to steal £5million of drugs.

Aaron Morris, 22, of Fawe Street and Mark Morris, 37, of East India Dock Road, were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.

Emergency services have resumed the search for a man's body in the River Thames.

They were called out at around 8.50pm yesterday after the man was reported to have fallen in close to the Sir Steve Redgrave Bridge and the University of East London. The search was called off after two hours and resumed today.

Tough new powers to tackle crime are being handed to Newham Council enforcement officers.

This morning 23 enforcement officers were accredited with limited police powers under the Police Reform Act 2002. The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) grants the officers powers such as the confiscation of alcohol and tobacco.

The English Defence League march planned for September 3 in Tower Hamlets will not go ahead after the Metropolitan Police obtained a prohibition order.

The Home Secretary granted the police application to prohibit protest marches for 30 days from next Friday.

A man's body has been recovered from the River Thames and police believe it is that of the missing crew member from the tugboat Chiefton.

Police recovered the body at 5.02pm yesterday at Convoy's Wharf in Deptford. Although formal identification has yet to be made it is thought to be that of 40-year-old Darren Lacy.

A crime mapping website has been slammed for increasing fear and being misleading.

Peter Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said the site served little purpose. Launched last week, police.uk pinpoints crimes that have occurred in any street in Britain over the last month.

DLR staff have been offered counselling and one has been signed off work after a knife-wielding teenager kept passengers hostage on a train for over an hour.

The dramatic incident also saw an innocent bystander shot with a police Taser gun as police stormed the train to arrest the suspect.

Police say they still have permission to use stop and search powers, despite a European ruling that they are in breach of the Human Rights Act.

Since the Home Office has pledged to appeal the decision, the Metropolitan Police says its authorisation "remains in force in specified locations across London".

Officers from the Isle of Dogs are planning to conquer one of the City of London's tallest buildings to raise funds for a girl's life-saving treatment.

The group of eight will join other PCs at Tower 42 on January 22, where they will attempt to scale the 42-storey building's 920 steps.

Protest group Disarm DSEi has warned police it "will not negotiate" ahead of its arms fair action next week.

In an open letter to the Metropolitan Police, the group rejected calls for greater communication as it is "not in control of any of the actions undertaken by the participants" in its demonstration.

Thousands of Millwall fans have been left disappointed by the decision to limit the number of tickets available for the Carling Cup match with West Ham.

The Lions were initially given just 1,500 tickets for next Tuesday's game, despite being entitled to 3,000, because police are concerned about potential violence between fans.

Millwall and West Ham will meet at Upton Park in the second round of the Carling Cup on Tuesday, August 25.

The Lions have had their ticket allocation cut to just 1,500 on the recommendation of the Metropolitan Police.

Police from Tower Hamlets received commendations last week for their work in keeping the streets safe.

The team of Inspector Gary Anderson - pictured - heroically displayed the sensitive side of the foce, while others managed to save people from dangerous sitations or helped convict criminals who blight society.

Images of a man police want to speak to about a stabbing at The O2 last November have been released.

The pictures were taken from CCTV cameras at the venue and show a man fleeing after violence erupted at the Urban Music Awards at the Indigo2 on November 15.