Eight arrests during the Blitz police crime in York and Selby

Eight arrests were made during a police flash due to crime in York and Selby.

The North Yorkshire police on Wednesday (May 14th) for their monthly 24 hours of “hard, annoying police work”, as an operation Tornado, added additional resources to the areas.

The focus was on the supply of illegal drugs, retail crime, cycle crime in York and rural crime in Selby.

Eight arrests for various crimes were made, including the possession of a class A drug with the intention of not providing them, not to appear in court, shop theft and class A, B and C drugs.

The officers aimed at an unoccupied house in Clifton, in which it seemed that the area of ​​attic in the early stages of a cannabis growth was in isolation, wasolated and a lamp present, ”said a spokesman for the police in North Yorkshire.

Police in Stonegate, York, during the Operation Tornado on Wednesday (May 14th) (Image: North Yorkshire Police) Uniformed and simple civil servants who patrolled shop theft throughout the York City Center.

The units were later sent to the York Outer Ring Road and in the inner ring road of the city to catch vehicles with connections for shopping or business theft.

The police spokesman said during the patrol that a man in the forties had entered a business in York and caused criminal damage by smashing bottles from the shelves. Tim Forber, the head of the group, arrested the man nearby and took him into custody, said the spokesman.

Other police teams in York focused on bicycle thefts.

North Yorkshire police chief Tim Forber (Image: newsquest) 65 bicycles were marked using the Police Bike Register, which contributes to returning stolen cycles to their owner.

Officers also set a “tracker bike” that could catch the act thieves on various bicycle shelves all over the city.

In Selby Officer's “he flooded the boundaries after dark” to catch people to travel to North Yorkshire to commit crimes.

“With additional resources in marked and non -marked vehicles, the teams pursued a ruthless approach to capture perpetrators by stopping suspicious vehicles in rural areas,” said the police spokesman.

At the beginning of the Selby area, the police recalled 126 wraps from the officials who are illegal drugs during a stop and search.

“A man in the twenties from the Barlby area in Selby was arrested because he had suspected to take care of drugs,” said the police spokesman.

“We are pursuing a robust approach for all types of crimes,” we say the police

Mr. Forber said that the police have “worked closely with our partners for the last 24 hours to achieve some great results for communities in York and Selby”.

“We continue to listen to the concerns of the public, share intelligence and then aim at the places where we will achieve the best results for our communities,” he said.

The Senior Commander of the Armed Forces for York and Selby, Superintendent Ed Haywood noble added: “We are following a robust approach for all types of crimes. My message to criminals is clear who they are and we will do everything in our power to put them in court.

“Quite simply, our work does not stop and we will appear again today to continue to show in the local communities that the police are on their side.”