ONE woman arrested for a serious crime, nine Fixed Penalty Notices handed out for cycling and one for littering, three parking tickets issued and support for rough sleepers – all in an afternoon’s work for a new taskforce in Grimsby town centre. To stage Op Mastery, Humberside Police officers joined forces with North East Lincolnshire…
2 weeks ago | Enforcement
A man has been ordered to pay over £1500 after being found guilty for a second time of repairing cars on the roadside. Under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 , it is an offence to carry out works on a motor vehicle on the roadside. This includes repair, maintenance, or servicing of a…
2 weeks ago | Enforcement
TRADING Standards officers visited four premises yesterday morning using search and seizure powers under the Consumer Rights Act, and uncovered a haul of illicit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes. The visits were part of Operation CeCe, a national campaign involving Trading Standards and HM Revenue and Customs. The products seized during the visits are illegal to…
2 weeks ago | Enforcement
Three men have been found guilty in court of breaking a range of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) across North East Lincolnshire and ordered to pay nearly £1500 in fines. North East Lincolnshire Council introduced the PSPOs through the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act in 2014. The act gave local authorities the power to…
2 weeks ago | Enforcement
A Grimsby man has been fined over £500 for breaching a Public Space protection Order (PSPO) in North East Lincolnshire. Andrew Billingham, 60, was found guilty of cycling through Victoria Street in Grimsby on 24 March 2023, breaching the PSPO that has been in place since July 2019. Local Authorities were granted powers to introduce…
4 weeks ago | Enforcement
A Proceeds of Crime application was heard today, 29 February, at Grimsby Crown Court with a total of £295,021.84 awarded against a Grimsby man, following what was the largest-ever haul of illegal cigarettes seized in North East Lincolnshire. This is the first time a Proceeds of Crime Application has been brought before the courts for…
1 month ago | Enforcement