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The police have increased the number of officers patrolling in hotspot areas in response to a surge in knife crime.
A MAN has been arrested following the discovery of drugs and an imitation firearm inside a home in East Lancashire. The 37-year-old was arrested on Tuesday morning following a raid on a property on Regent Street in Nelson. He was subsequently taken into custody where he is being held on suspicion of cannabis cultivation. The man was also wanted for failing to appear at court. The 37-year-old man being placed in the police van Officers searched the terraced home following tip-offs from the community and as part of Operation Sceptre, a nationwide initiative relaunched this week in a bid t...
A MAN has been arrested following the discovery of drugs and an imitation firearm inside a home in East Lancashire.
More than 40 knives handed in to police, including machetes, screwdrivers and garden prunes A massive haul of knives has been handed in to police. Officers in Burnley recovered more than 40 knives and sharp objects, which could be used to commit crime, from the knife bin in Burnley Town Centre. The police say that 49 bladed articles were recovered, including machetes, cheese knives, scissors and screwdrivers. There was also a pair of what looked to be garden pruners. The knife bin has been placed in Centenary Way in the town as part of Operation Edge, in which officers are aiming t...
Neighbourhood and Operation Edge officers in Chorley attended the incident on the Jubilee Recreation Ground in Adlington. A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "There were reports of around 20 people fighting with one in possession of a hammer. "As a result PC Seddon has arrested a juvenile male in possession of this hammer so luckily we have taken this off the streets. "There is a possibility that someone has been attacked with a hammer and we are appealing to anyone who has any information about the incident to get in touch by calling 101 and quoting log reference 0624. "We need to ...