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

Brick thrown through window of Penwortham home

Martinfield Road in Penwortham Pic: Google Witnesses are being sought after a brick was thrown through a window in Penwortham. Preston Police say a house in Martinfield Road was targeted at close to midnight on Saturday […]

8 years ago
Watch undercover footage showing how Preston drugs gang was snared

One of the gang exchanging a deal in Fishwick Undercover footage showing a Preston drugs gang at work has been released. Lancashire Police have CCTV and helicopter footage showing the Liverpool-Preston drugs gang. Run by Anthony Watkins the gang, […]

8 years ago
Preston drugs gang who blighted Fishwick and Callon jailed

From top left, clockwise: James Wilkinson, Ryan Blakey, Josua Knowles, Wayne Small, Kasib Hussain and Mark Watkins Six Preston men have been jailed for their part in a drugs gang who ferried substances between the city and Liverpool. Lancashire Police have hailed the conviction of the gang […]

8 years ago
Motorbike fire in Ribbleton triggers arson investigation

Chatburn Road in Ribbleton Pic: Google A motorbike was set alight in Ribbleton on Tuesday night according to firefighters. Crews from Preston Fire Station were sent to Chatburn Road at 9.49pm. The vehicle was on fire […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Fishwick shopkeeper racially abused before car is vandalised

Police would like to speak to this man following the incident in Waldon Street Police have released an image of a man after a shopkeeper was racially abused and his car vandalised in Fishwick. The 37-year-old shopkeeper in Waldon Street said a man entered […]

8 years ago
Motorists using the hard shoulder shamed by police helicopter

A number of drivers were spotted by the police helicopter Impatient drivers have been criticised by emergency services dealing with a major vehicle fire on the M6 near Preston. Police helicopter images show a number of drivers using the hard […]

8 years ago
Hugh Cushnaghan jailed for stabbing love rival in the heart

Hugh Cushnaghan reacted after Mr Whitney found him at his wife's Fishwick home A Preston man was stabbed in the heart and left to die in an alleyway and his killer now faces five years in jail. Hugh Cushnaghan, 64, of Montgomery Street, […]

8 years ago
Fleece Inn armed raid: Preston man faces no charges

The Fleece Inn was targeted by a gunman Pic: Stephen Ward An investigation by police into an armed raid on a pub continues after a 22-year-old was released without charge. Regulars at the Fleece Inn in Penwortham were enjoying a Bank […]

8 years ago
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