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12
Feb
Police reveal results of ‘highly effective’ 24-hour crime crackdown in Harrogate
Burglary, rape, drug dealing and fraud suspects have been arrested in a 24-hour crime crackdown in Harrogate.
It was part of Operation Tornado, which is North Yorkshire Police's codename for monthly days of multi-agency activity targeting criminals in different parts of the county.
The Stray Ferret previously reported that police were on patrol in Woodfield and smashed a door before seizing drugs at a house in Jennyfields during the operation, which took place yesterday (February 11).
Some of the illegal products seized and police in Victoria Shopping Centre.
A force statement today listed the following outcomes from the blitz:
- Two burglary arrests
- A Jennyfields man being arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class-A drugs
- Arrests in connection with rape, breaching a restraining order and fraud
- The seizure of fake tobacco and vape products worth £2,000 to £3,000 from a shop in Harrogate during a joint visit with Trading Standards
Police on patrol in Woodfield.
- Patrols in Woodfield and Harrogate town centre
- Business visits with immigration officials, which recovered an offensive weapon from one location
- Deployments at Harrogate station to target criminals using the rail network to enter Harrogate
Inspector Greg Davies, of Harrogate neighbourhood policing team said:
You could say this was all in a day’s work. But police officers do these things every day of the year. So while yesterday’s Operation Tornado has been highly effective, it isn’t just a ‘one-and-done’. It builds on the policing we do 365 days a year by allowing us to intensify our resources in a specific area and on specific things that communities are telling us they want us to tackle.
Smashing the door of a home in Jennyfields during a drugs raid.
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