Crime

Police are becoming increasingly concerned to know the whereabouts of 14-year-old Ellie Austin who has been missing from an address where she was staying in Somerset since 16:40hrs on Sunday, 29th June. Ellie, who is originally from Romford, is a ...

Local businesses have joined with Barking and Dagenham Police to fight theft of number plates. In the last two years 935 reports of stolen vehicle number plates have been received by Barking and Dagenham Police. This means that more than ...

Officers from Tower Hamlets Police are keen to know the whereabouts of 20-year-old Leonard (Leo) Sinani (28/05/1994). Albanian born Sinani is wanted in connection with an incident of GBH that took place at Mile End Road on 23/07/13 and witness ...

The police are reminding everyone that the herbal stimulant khat, mainly used by the Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities, is now a class C controlled drug. Khat bundles (pictured) are about the size of a bottle of wine. Khat decays ...

Tower Hamlets Council and police are continuing the fight against drugs in the borough, this month seizing cannabis with a street value of £5,000 in a raid in Stepney. The drugs were discovered when Partnership Task Force (PTF) officers entered ...

After pleading guilty to two counts of fraud, 21 year old Shariful Alom of Iffley House, Arnold Circus, London, E2 has been sentenced to two 15 month terms of imprisonment, to run concurrently. Sentencing took place at Snaresbrook Crown Court ...

Andrew Coulson, former Editor of the News of the World, has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones while he was in post. This is the man whom David Cameron employed as his Director of Communications. When direct allegations ...

The man shown in the CCTV image is wanted by police in connection with an incident of robbery that took place at the Heathway, Dagenham on 29th April. The victim in this incident, a 27-year-old man, was threatened and then taken ...

Tower Hamlets Council is reminding residents that the drug khat will become illegal from 24th June, under new legislation introduced by the Government. Khat will become a controlled Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which means ...

Elderly and vulnerable Londoners were warned against falling victim to courier fraud on Wednesday, 4th June as part of Courier Fraud Awareness Day. Between April 2013 and April 2014, Tower Hamlets Police received 43 reports of courier fraud. Borough Commander ...