Gangs

On Saturday evening (March 8), officers from Preston Task Force were responding to concerns about drug dealing around Redcar Avenue and Whitby Avenue when they observed a young man conduct what was believed to be a drug deal in the street.

Suspected drug dealer, 20s, stung by city's undercover cops

A gang’s attempt to establish a new drug line was thwarted after police witnesses a drug deal in Blackburn

Gang’s attempt to establish new drug line foiled

Five more member of a drug gang led by a former Bamber Bridge FC player have been jailed

Five more gang members jailed after flooding streets with cocaine

Drones dropping drugs and weapons to dangerous prisoners being held in high-security jails are a "threat to national security", a watchdog has warned

Drones could lift inmates out of jails to escape, prison officers say

Three men linked to the same network as Amanj Hassan Zada have been arrested

Three linked to same network as Preston-based people smuggler arrested

Darwen town centre

On the spot £100 fines for these behaviours in this town centre

A dozen people have been jailed for over 100 years after one of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which made £1.2 million a year was smashed by police.

Drugs gang gets smashed: Moment cops bust county lines criminals

Watch: Gangs of youths attack police with bricks and fireworks

CCTV captures the moment three mourners are shot in a drive-by shooting at a funeral.

Watch: Three mourners are shot in drive-by shooting at funeral

Money mule statue created by Blackpool student

Stark warning issued to all college and uni students in Lancashire

(TOP L-R) Hasnain Ashraf and Lewis Lord (BOTTOM L-R) Joseph Oakes and Lloyd Spencer

Gang who filmed themselves bagging heroin and crack cocaine jailed

Many people are unaware that it's illegal to use them on the road or in public spaces.

Escooters are weapons in the wrong hands - there must be tougher rules

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy found hiding in a bush in Bamber Bridge with a yellow bag containing a quantity of what is believed to be cocaine, weighing scales and cash was discovered nearby, along with a machete.

Police arrest teen found hiding in a bush with a yellow bag

Drug dealer RAMS police car: JAILED after using children as cocaine mules

Banned Mercedes driver RAMS police and gets jailed for drug dealing

Carl Scott, the ex-gang member who turned his life around after a friend 'died in his arms' - and now runs anti-knife crime campaigns.

I watched my friend get stabbed to death...it was a huge wake-up call

Sajid Ali, 56, the gang kingpin behind a major drug smuggling operation, is facing jail.

£11m cocaine haul smuggled in banana shipment: Drugs kingpin convicted
Watch footage (above) as the criminal mastermind who plotted to smuggle £11 million worth of cocaine into the UK hidden inside a banana shipment faces jail.
Lucinda Herbert

Poverty Truth Network event. Chris Webb in the centre, Gillian Oliver seated on sofa, left

Kids are all involved with drugs and gangs, It’s impossible not to be

Gokool-Mely was convicted of murder after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 16 hours.

Watch: Chilling CCTV shows knife-obsessed killer riding stolen bike

A man who was on bail over a fight likened to scenes from the Wild West stole from his employer out of anger (Credit: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard)

Man jailed after brandishing imitation gun faces new charge

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Around 150 cannabis plants were discovered inside a property on Avondale Road in Chorley (Credit: Lancashire Police)

Around 150 cannabis plants worth '£126k' discovered by police

Officers found a cannabis grow estimated to be worth £1 million on Euston Road in Morecambe

Cannabis farm worth ‘£1m’ found during drugs raid

Ricardo Anderson shot at a car in a busy Tottenham street.

Terrifying moment crowds scatter as gunman opens fire in street

Jack Bolton, with a huge knife on the streets of Nottingham.

Watch: Teen thugs clash with machetes in brawl outside art gallery

A warrant was executed at an address in Warton following the discovery (Credit: Lancashire Police)

'£200k' worth of cannabis found hidden within household furniture

Some of the drugs seized by police.

Huge drugs bust sees 40 arrested

More than 200 cannabis plants were found

Huge cannabis farm valued at £168,000 discovered by police
Officers discovered around 200 cannabis plants across five rooms in the address.
Vanessa Sims

Cash seized from criminal gangs

More cash seized and criminal gangs put behind bars in last 12 months

Mohsin Syed was seized after £600k worth of heroin was found in his car (Credit: Lancashire Police)

£600k worth of heroin found after driver pulled over on M6

Martinho De Sousa (L), Tireq McIntosh (C), Kian Durnin (R) have been jailed for a total of 69 years for shooting children in a Wolverhampton playground. Picture: West Midlands Police

Dramatic moment gunmen who shot children in playground were arrested

The Isle Of Wight Festival in Seaclose Park 2022. Picture: Emma Terracciano

Isle of Wight Festival 2023: Robbie Williams and George Ezra announced

Dog thefts are on the rise in the UK - this is the sign that yours is targeted

County lines is a tactic used by organised crime groups to send drugs out to smaller towns (Photo: Shutterstock)

County lines drug dealing - how violent crime gangs are exploiting children

Firearms and ammunition

Rise in number of children arrested over gun crimes

Generic image of anti-social neighbours, nightmare neighbours, living in fear, disruptive, anti-social behaviour, street drinking, louts, yobs

Youth gangs '˜terrorising' market town