Day: August 3, 2017

A series of co-ordinated operations by the police, council and Tower Hamlets Homes is targeting areas where criminals are operating across the borough to remove illegal drugs and offensive weapons. Intelligence from the partners is being used to deliver "Flash Sweeps", where officials work with local residents and faith leaders to check neighbourhoods for dangerous goods and confiscate them. Two foot long, serrated "Zombie Knives", large kitchen knives and a machete have been found and seized during the first three sweeps. Needles, baseball bats, hammers and poles were also removed during the organised searches. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said: "These knife sweeps are a great example of the work the police and council are doing to tackle knife crime and take these savage weapons o...

Rahad Hussain, 23 (30/03/1994), of no fixed abode was charged on Friday, 28 July with two counts of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm (cont. Section 18 Offences Against the Person) in Roman Road, E2 on 25 July; and one count of possession of an offensive weapon (namely acid). He was detained in custody after appearing at Thames Magistrates' Court. Superintendent Peter Turner said:"I would like to reassure our communities that there have been no reported attacks in Tower Hamlets that were motivated by race or religion. There have also been no reported street based attacks on Asian women."To clarify, in the previous 12 months we recorded 28 crimes involving a corrosive substance. But numbers alone do not tell the whole story. "Of the 28 crimes in the last year, five were ...