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This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.

Lancashire Police officer tried to murder partner and fled the scene covering his tracks

James Riley A former Lancashire Police officer has been jailed after trying to murder his partner in a Manchester hotel and going to extensive lengths to cover his tracks. James Riley, of […]

3 months ago
Illegal tobacco products worth £50,000 seized in Leyland

Illegal tobacco products Pic: Lancashire Constabulary Illicit products including cigarettes and disposable vapes, which, if sold as genuine, would be worth £55,000, have been seized in South Ribble as part of Operation Centurion. Officers from South […]

3 months ago
Four arrests made after police chase car through Chorley and Leyland

Police vehicles outside the Tesco Express in Turpin Green Lane on Thursday afternoon Pic: Matthew Tomlinson A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and dangerous driving after a police chase through Clayton-le-Woods and Leyland. Chorley Police said a heavy police presence in Leyland […]

3 months ago
British Transport Police seek man in connection with hate crime between Chorley and Preston

Police want to speak to the man pictured who they say may have information in connection with the incident Pic: British Transport Police Police want to speak to a man in connection with a hate crime incident onboard a train between Chorley and Preston. British Transport Police have released a CCTV picture in […]

3 months ago
Advertisement Advertisement Two men charged after champagne and spirits raid at Booths

Booths in Longridge Two men have been charged with four offences of theft relating to different Booths supermarkets across Lancashire. Officers from Lancashire Constabulary were called to the Booths store on Berry Lane, […]

3 months ago
Cannabis farm busted in Broadgate with more than 100 plants uncovered

The cannabis plants uncovered by police in Broadgate Pic: Preston Police A cannabis farm was sniffed out by Preston Police in Broadgate. PC Pearce uncovered the stash of plants after a ‘rather distinctive smell’ was coming from an ‘innocent looking property’. […]

3 months ago
Second World War medals taken from house in Leyland

Police have released a picture of the type of war medal that's been taken Pic: South Ribble Police Police are hunting ‘despicable and shameful’ thieves after Second World War medals were stolen from a house in Leyland. South Ribble Police were called to reports of a burglary in […]

3 months ago
Police appeal to find missing Blackburn man linked to Preston

Thomas Green was last seen on Friday 5 January Pic: Preston Police Police are appealing to trace a missing 37-year-old man from Blackburn who has links to Preston. Thomas Green was last seen near to a KFC in Haslingden Road, Blackburn, on […]

3 months ago
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