Three people have been arrested and drugs seized following a police crackdown on serious and organised crime in Nantwich and Crewe.
More than 30 officers from the Local Policing Unit (LPU) conducted several warrants at homes in Crewe and Nantwich earlier today (December 19) as part of Operation Doom.
A man has been jailed for 32 months for supplying drugs in Crewe.
Liam Williams (pictured), 27, of Furnival Street, Crewe, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on December 5 for being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
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A dog is thought to have frozen to death after being abandoned and tied to a water trough in the Cheshire countryside.
RSPCA has today shared the heartbreaking images of the dog left to die.
More than 170 people have been arrested during the first weekend of Cheshire Police’s Christmas operation.
The crackdown – called “Make the right choice” – targets anti-social behaviour, violence against women and girls, domestic abuse and drink and drug driving.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors being threatened and harassed on social media or in person are being urged to speak directly to Cheshire’s police commissioner if complaints to local officers aren’t being followed up.
Police and crime commissioner John Dwyer has said he will be speaking to the Chief Constable about the growing problem.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire Police have seized and destroyed six e-scooters ridden on public highways in Crewe – and warn they will do the same in all towns if parents buy them for children at Christmas.
Police and crime commissioner John Dwyer also urged residents to report their neighbours if they had the vehicles and were riding them illegally on public roads or pavements.
Officers have been searching areas in and around Nantwich as part of a week-long initiative to tackle knife crime and robbery.
Police conducted “knife sweeps” in the town’s parks, recreational areas and other sites in the Nantwich Beat area.
A man who was found guilty of 24 counts of sexual abuse against five teenage boys in Crewe has been jailed for 23 years.
Anthony Spelman, 57, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court today (November 10) for three counts of rape, two counts of indecency with a child and 19 counts of indecent assault.
The helpdesk at Nantwich Police Station on Beam Street will remain closed as it is no longer “viable”.
That was the message from Supt Claire Jesson when she spoke to Nantwich Town Council last night.
Cheshire Police’s Operation Apollo targeting the “county lines” drug trade has topped more than 100 years of jail terms in its first 12 months.
Drugs, cash, weapons, and luxury items have also been seized in the past year along with multiple arrests and convictions made since its launch, says the force.
A man was injured after plunging from a two-storey window of a flat in Nantwich.
The incident happened earlier today at a property on Davenport Avenue in Nantwich at around 8am.
A man was arrested after windows at a Nantwich pub were smashed and people inside threatened, say police.
The incident happened at the Vine Inn on Hospital Street.
A new police station is to be built to serve Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire Police has revealed.
The station will be built on land off David Whitby Way, near to the A500 Shavington bypass.
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