The police force serving the East Riding of Yorkshire has been lauded for its efforts to tackle a particular type of crime.
The Home Office recently published the 2021 figures for drugs seizures by local police forces and Humberside Police was again shown to be punching above its weight when it comes to tackling drugs and drug-related crime.
Their seizures of ecstasy alone are ranked fourth in the country and totalled more than the rest of the northern English forces combined.
Chief Constable Lee Freeman said:
“Humberside Police are arresting more suspects per officer than any force in the country and we also have the highest rate for detecting overall crime. I asked my officers and staff to be on the front foot in taking policing to those who are committing crime and they have done everything that I have asked of them over the past few years.
“One of the reasons behind these seizure figures for Humberside is our forcewide Op Galaxy operation, which targets the highest harm offenders. Furthermore, the additional 650 police officers that I have been able to bring in over the past five years has transformed the presence and capabilities that we have to make the region a more difficult place for offenders to commit crime without getting caught.
“Taking drugs off the streets remains a priority for these operations and we have conducted hundreds of warrants, targeting properties known to be hubs of drug dealing or production, based on the information passed to us from members of the public.”
The force says that over the past year, they have disrupted multiple county lines gangs operating in Humberside. In November, two men at the helm of a network from Liverpool, which had flooded the area with more than £1million of heroin and crack, were jailed for more than 17 years. The previous month saw five people involved in an organised crime group supplying drugs locally sentenced to more than 30 years in jail.
Chief Constable Freeman added:
“The impact that drugs and drug-related crime can have on a community should not be underestimated and it is something that we take incredibly seriously. When local communities see people dealing drugs in their neighbourhoods, they have a right to expect that we will do something about it and I have a responsibility to ensure that we do.
“Another factor that is likely to have impacted our drugs seizures is the formation of our Roads Crime Team and the additional resources that we have placed in our Roads Policing teams. These teams specifically target criminals using the force area’s road network and regularly intercept those trying to transport drugs into and around Humberside.
“Our communities have been incredibly supportive of our actions against drugs and continue to play a vital role in providing us with the information we need to take drugs and offenders off the streets.”
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