Overview
- National results reported by policing leaders include more than 2,000 arrests, 335 lines shut, over £1.5 million in cash seized, roughly 200kg of Class A drugs recovered, 121 firearms taken off the streets and an unusual haul that featured a gold bar and gold teeth.
- Merseyside Police’s Project Medusa reported 237 arrests, 17 lines dismantled, seizures of more than 18kg of drugs, £42,000 in cash and 35 weapons, plus visits to 36 suspected cuckooing addresses that led to 50 people being safeguarded.
- West Mercia Police made 73 arrests and closed six lines with drug seizures valued above £1.5 million, alongside cash, 12 bladed weapons and three guns, while carrying out cuckooing checks and making multiple safeguarding referrals.
- Regional forces detailed parallel outcomes: the North East made 84 arrests, shut 12 lines and safeguarded 16 people; West Yorkshire reported 56 arrests, 7,400 cannabis plants and over £200,000 in cash seized with 31 people safeguarded; Cumbria and Humberside logged further arrests, weapons and cash recoveries; Essex made 24 arrests and seized significant Class A quantities and over £108,000.
- Courts advanced longer‑running cases alongside the enforcement push, with a North Wales conspiracy netting combined sentences of 128 years for 17 offenders and Bournemouth Crown Court jailing three for a county line, while Police Scotland’s three‑month Operation Silentridge recorded 43 arrests, drugs worth over £900,000 and safeguarding for 38 vulnerable people.