Ten people have been charged and drugs with a street value of £8million have been seized by officers as part of a regional police operation. On October 15, 2014, officers carried out a series of warrants in the Gateshead area.
On Mon 26 Jan 15, Jon Neill a 33 year old unemployed male from the Huyton area of Merseyside was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at Durham Crown Court for possession of Cocaine with intent to supply.
ELDERLY people from across the North-East have been swindled out of their life-savings by fraudsters posing as police officers and bank staff.
THE finance director of Duncan Bannatyne's business empire has been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged multi-million pound fraud.
On Tuesday 4th November 2014, 8 men and 1 woman have been arrested as part of an investigation into complex and organised fraud.
On Friday 31st October 2014, a suspected computer hacker was arrested under the Computer Misuse Act after an attack on the server of Durham Constabulary’s website.
Today sees the launch of the NERSOU website which has been developed to inform the wider public of the work undertaken by staff from the 3 north east police forces who are committed to the disruption of serious and organised crime within the region.
North East Regional Special Operations Unit gets a dedicated fraud team
North East Regional Special Operations Unit gets a dedicated cyber crime unit.
© NERSOU 2014