Dozens of vehicles stopped during police day of action in Ipswich
The operation aimed to disrupt organised crime groups
Last updated 5th Dec 2025
Eight people were arrested and more than 90 vehicles were stopped during a day of action by authorities in Ipswich.
The operation took place on Wednesday (3 December) with the aim of disrupting the activities of criminals, including organised crime groups.
Vehicles identified as being potentially involved in criminality were stopped and checked at the Copdock truck stop.
Officers were also focused on road safety and the fatal four offences of drink/drug driving, driving whilst using a mobile phone, speeding, and not wearing a seat belt.
Notable stops included one vehicle found with five people, three of which were children, sat across three rear seats.
Five vehicles were seized in total for having no insurance. 124 speeding offences were also clocked on surrounding roads.
Sergeant Alex Kelly, of the Roads and Armed Policing Team at Suffolk Police, said: “The results of this day of action speak for themselves again, with 70 of the 97 vehicles escorted back to the check site recording offences of some description.
“The benefits of bringing all these partner agencies together in one place is demonstrated by the range of offences we detected. Although the majority of offences will always be motoring ones, these often lead us to the discovery of potentially more serious crimes – as we found yesterday with two people arrested on suspicion of human trafficking.
“The four arrests for drug-driving underline why this is an area we are focusing on with our annual Christmas campaign highlighting the dangers of drink and drug driving. This year the message is ‘Don’t put drugs in the driving seat’ as this is an ever growing issue, particularly with men.
“We again saw people taking other completely unnecessary risks, such as the car with five people across three rear seats and the person towing a trailer more than four-times the weight he was allowed to.
“We are grateful to our colleagues from across our own organisation, along with all those from our neighbouring forces and partner agencies for helping to make Operation Alliance such a success once again.