Crime Crackdown Delivers Results

🚨 OPERATION ARTEMIS - TOUGH ON CRIME 🚨

Cleveland Police have shared a great video from yesterday’s operation. More than 130 officers flooded the streets to tackle organised crime in the biggest Operation Artemis to date. 💪

🚓 20 arrests in total for the day.

👮 17 men and three women were arrested for a range of offences including organised crime activity, possession of firearms, supplying class A drugs, violence, rape and dangerous driving.

🚨 Four of those arrested were connected to precursor events to the tragic incident on the A66.

⚖️ Seven have since been charged and remanded to appear before Magistrates today, Tuesday 22 September.

✖️ Suspected class A and class C drugs, cash, a knife, a knuckle duster, a baton, an illegal e-bike, an electric scooter, an electric assisted pedal cycle (revvi) and a suspected stolen wacker plate have been seized.

🗣️ Throughout the day, officers and PCSOs from neighbourhood teams across South Bank, Grangetown, Eston and Redcar continued the high visibility presence with engagement in retail parks and Dormanstown Primary School, along with delivering leaflets to neighbouring properties where arrests had taken place.

🏍️ Specialist officers from South Yorkshire Police were drafted in to assist in the operation on off road bikes and a quad, to tackle illegal bikes in the area.

🚔 Matrix officers stopped 27 cars during the d of action, issuing fixed penalty notices for driving offences and a vehicle was seized due to the driver having no licence and no insurance.

🚲 Two were arrested for theft of a motor vehicle after a Surron was spotted driving around Grangetown in an antisocial manner. The drone followed the riders to an address where officers surprised them with a visit. The Surron was seized along with another high value electric bike and a wacker plate, both suspected to be stolen.

A huge thank you to Cleveland Police and all the partner agencies who supported the operation.

Tough on crime. 💪🚔