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Huge drop in crime during lockdown Posted: 10:27 am June 9, 2021 SHARE The huge decrease has been described as almost a ‘utopian’ position for the PSNI to have experienced. But the local PSNI District Commander has warned that the sharp reduction may be ‘impossible’ to replicate during the coming year. Statistics prepared by the PSNI and released at a meeting of the Fermanagh and Omagh Policing and Community Safety Partnership last week showed there was a decrease in the number...

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Ulster Herald Advertisement Posted: 7:30 pm May 28, 2021 By Alan Rodgers POLICE have not ruled out the possibility that cameras found near Kelly’s Inn at Garvaghey were placed in the area by British intelligence agencies. Local people are understood to have found three cameras on a hillside overlooking the popular hotel on the main A5 between Ballygawley and Omagh. It is believed that the high-powered cameras, a transmitter and battery pack were all discovered dug into the hillside. ...

The PSNI has been urged to clarify if the British army or other state agency was responsible for three spy cameras recently found in Co Tyrone.

    Working with our colleagues in An Garda Síochána, the operation spanned our border Districts and involved officers from Neighbourhood and Local Policing Teams and Tactical Support Groups.     Superintendent Alywin Barton said, “This operation reflects our ongoing efforts to reduce and prevent cross-border crime and disrupt the movements and activities of Organised Crime Gangs. “We recognise the harm caused in our local communities as a result of rural criminal activity. “We are ...

TWELVE people have been arrested and three vehicles seized during a police operation targeting cross-border crime. Eight drugs seizures were also carried out by the PSNI and An Garda Síochána. PSNI Superintendent Alywin Barton said the operation "reflects our ongoing efforts to reduce and prevent cross-border crime and disrupt the movements and activities of organised crime gangs". "We recognise the harm caused in our local communities as a result of rural criminal activity and we are committ...

PSNI officers were part of a cross border Joint Agency Task Force operation focusing on rural crime. The operation took place in border areas and involved the Gardai and officers from the PSNIs Neighbourhood and Local Policing Teams and Tactical Support Groups. The PSNI Districts involved in this operation were Newry Mourne & Down, Armagh City Banbridge & Craigavon, Mid Ulster, Fermanagh & Omagh, and Derry City & Strabane. The Garda North Western Regional Armed Support Unit, the Garda Air Suppo...

12 people were arrested and three vehicles seized as a cross- Border operation targeted crime gangs working in the area.

Police forces come together to tackle criminality between the counties