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Officers found cocaine hidden in underground bunkers beneath modified shipping containers at a property outside Sydney, in what authorities call the country's largest-ever seizure of the drug.
Forces have scanned millions of faces this year and ministers plan a national rollout, but biometrics regulators caution that the legal framework is struggling to keep pace with the technology.
A co-ordinated police intensification week dismantled 241 drug lines and safeguarded more than 1,000 vulnerable people, as a Merseyside investigation put a city-centre line controller behind bars.
Investigators are stepping up efforts against the criminals behind online scams, from cryptocurrency fraud to services that defeat banking security, as a new Online Crime Centre brings together police, banks and tech firms.
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 creates a standalone offence for attacks on retail staff and scraps the so-called low-value shoplifting loophole, as retailers warn of soaring abuse on the shop floor.
Several nights of violence that left families homeless and dozens of officers injured have prompted soul-searching across Northern Ireland, with politicians condemning attacks that spread from Belfast to other towns.
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 creates an offence of carrying a blade with intent to use unlawful violence, carrying up to seven years in prison, as ministers seek to halve knife crime.
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force on 29 June, introducing one of the most significant changes to UK corporate criminal liability in decades alongside new powers for police.
The murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak has reignited a charged debate over policing after body-worn footage showed officers handcuffing the dying teenager.
A six-month trial of permanent live facial recognition cameras on Croydon High Street produced 173 arrests, but civil-liberties campaigners remain uneasy about the spread of the technology.