Cleveland Police Arrest 17 in Teesside Crime Raids After 7 Die in A66 Crash
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 21
Cleveland Police Arrest 17 in Teesside Crime Raids After 7 Die in A66 Crash
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 21
Summary
Seventeen people were arrested in early-morning raids across South Bank, Grangetown and Eston, with Cleveland Police targeting suspected organised crime on Monday.
About 130 officers, including National Crime Agency personnel, took part after the force said intelligence from local residents helped drive the operation.
The raids form part of Cleveland Police's high-profile response to last month's A66 crash, which followed a police pursuit and killed two officers and five men in a Volkswagen Passat.
Police said suspects were held on suspicion of offences including drugs and assault, as local officials cast the operation as a visible effort to reassure communities after the crash.