Dozens of cars stopped and three arrested in police crackdown on drugs trade
Three people arrested and 26 cars stopped in Merseyside Police blitz targetting crooks peddling drugs across borders
11:18, 21 MAY 2021
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Cash and phones were seized as specialist police surrounded cars during Merseyside swoops targeting crooks who peddle drugs across borders. Officers from Merseyside Police s Matrix guns and drugs unit teamed up with their counterparts in Cheshire, North Wales and Lancashire for a Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) blitz against County Lines drug gangs.
County Lines are networks run by city gangs who attempt to take over the drugs market in other towns and cities, sometimes peddling misery hundred of miles from their base.
Police worker charged with five offences and suspended after investigation
Natalie Mottram, 22, will appear in court next month
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A police worker has been charged with five offences and suspended after an investigation.
Natalie Mottram, 22, was employed by Cheshire Police but on secondment working as an intelligence analyst at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit when she was arrested by National Crime Agency officers, the NCA said.
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Prison officer had inappropriate relationship with two brothers
Lucy Thornton wilfully misconducted herself with inmates Aaron and Haden Whittaker
13:10, 20 MAY 2021
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Disgraced prison officer Lucy Thornton (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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A prison officer has admitted having inappropriate relationships with two brothers behind bars.
A disgraced prison officer has admitted to having inappropriate relationships with two brothers who were serving time behind bars.
Lucy Thornton, 28, wilfully misconducted herself with imprisoned brothers Aaron and Haden Whittaker while she worked at HMP Altcourse, Liverpool.
She had formed an inappropriate relationship with Aaron between November 2018 and August 2019, and encouraging his use of a mobile phone while in prison.
At the same time, Thornton was also involved with his brother, Haden, for seven months from November 2018.
Thornton, of Orford, Warrington, had been arrested two years ago following a counter corruption investigation and was later charged.
Appearing before a Liverpool court today, Thornton pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office.