Number Of Arrests In Bridlington For Drug Offences

Officers have been deployed on the Yorkshire Coast issuing warrants to potential criminals.

Its part of Operation Galaxy that sees Humberside Police tackle local crime.

Chief Superintendent Darren Downs said:

"Bridlington as part of the North Bank division has had a focus of activity.

"We've done a number of in the last few weeks in Bridlington around drugs, but there have been another two arrests for various offences in Bridlington today as well.

"Members of the public don't want it in the community, they're telling us all the time and people want us to do the warrants.

"As a police officer, we like to find the things but sometimes it's not just about arresting people, it's about what people want us to do, the information's come from them."

Ch Supt Downs added: “The Op Galaxy Team launched 12-months ago in October last year, with the main aim of taking proactive action against criminal activity and to make our communities safer.

“We made the decision to expand the team for a five-week period of intensified action at the end of May this year, and to utilise more resources from across the force, including CID teams, patrol, Neighbourhood Policing Teams, Protecting Vulnerable People unit, Roads Policing, police dogs, firearms, Marine unit, Major Crime, intell and economic crime.

“Robust plans were implemented with the remit of the team on specific areas of crime, with a focus on burglary, robbery and theft, often referred to as “Serious Acquisitive Crime”, protecting vulnerable people by targeting sexual offenders and perpetrators of domestic abuse and disrupting and dismantling Organised Crime Groups linked to drugs supply and county lines.

“Due to the success of the first five weeks, whereby 640 arrests were made and more than 200 people were charged with various offences, we continued with the Galaxy plans throughout the summer and into the Autumn, with action continuing to take place on a regular basis.

“However, we also wanted to really make an impact and deliver a clear message across the entire Force area, with a day of intensive and comprehensive action simultaneously taking place throughout our counties, to highlight clearly to anyone involved in criminality that they will not be able to operate in our area, and that concentrated action has now taken place.”

Ch Supt Downs continued: “We have been unrelenting in our pursuit of targeting those who bring misery and distress to our communities and the results we have seen support our efforts to tackle all types of criminality in our area.

“Additional high visibility patrols have also been conducted throughout the summer months in hot spot areas where we know criminality can occur, with over 2,000 stop searches being carried out and action taking place to locate and arrest outstanding suspects.

“Many of the cases are currently going through the criminal justice system and court process after suspects have been arrested and charged, but the work undertaken by the teams involved in Op Galaxy has been exemplary with commitment and dedication from every single person involved, either frontline or behind the scenes.

“We are taking control of our streets and roads, making the lives of criminals and predators difficult and uncomfortable. We are a force on the front foot and we determined and committed in tackling criminality across the Humberside force area, to ensure you feel safe and protected, as that will always be our main priority.”