51 people arrested as part Humberside Police operation

Officers were out across the force area this week.

Author: Karen LiuPublished 2nd Jul 2021

51 people have been arrested for various offences during Humberside Police's Operation Galaxy this week.

Officers say they were for various offences including grievous bodily harm, harassment, drugs related offences and burglary.

The force says since the start of the operation, the team have successfully reprimanded a total of 109 criminals as a part of their ongoing proactive work this month.

As a part of this week’s intensification the team, working in partnership with the Regional and Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), have been at the forefront of removing what are believed to be class A drugs from streets.

Humberside Police said:

"As we head into the weekend, working in partnership with neighbourhoods policing team #OpGalaxy will continue to carry out proactive work across our region in bid to continue to deter and tackle criminal associated with night time economy as life slowly returns to normal and covid restrictions are slowly eased.

"We would continue to encourage anyone with information about crime in their area to contact us on our non-emergency number 101 alternatively you can provide information to the charity Crimestoppers completely anonymously on 0800 555111, or on their website".

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