Multi-agency Project Servator deployment disrupts drug network
Three arrested in Barrow after a multi-agency Project Servator stop uncovers suspected drugs and cash with further property searches carried out in Millom.
Project Servator officers examining a vehicle during the deployment.
A joint Project Servator deployment in Barrow-in-Furness has resulted in three arrests and the disruption of suspected drug supply activity.
Project Servator officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) worked alongside Ministry of Defence Police (MDP), British Transport Police (BTP), Royal Navy Police, and Border Force to disrupt criminal activity.
During the deployment, MDP and BTP officers detained a vehicle after it had failed to stop at a vehicle check point at Park Road. It was subsequently searched under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act and the officers found cash, bags, white powder, and cannabis, leading to three arrests on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a Class A controlled substance.
The vehicle was suspected to be involved in county lines activity and organised crime groups supplying drugs into the Barrow area, and so Section 18 searches were conducted at three addresses in Millom. Officers from the MDP, CNC, and Cumbria Police uncovered scales, bags, white powder believed to be cocaine, tablets suspected to be ecstasy, and cannabis. Enquiries are ongoing.
PS Haworth said: “Building a network of vigilance is a key aspect of Project Servator and unpredictable deployments like this show the effectiveness of our continued multi-agency collaboration. Working together allows us to share best practice, intelligence and resources in the aim of keeping our sites and communities safe.”
Project Servator is a policing tactic that aims to disrupt a range of criminal activity, including terrorism, while providing a reassuring presence for the public, through unpredictable and highly visible police deployments. Project Servator officers are specially-trained to spot tell-tale signs of criminal intent and work alongside including security staff, local businesses and the general public to build a network of vigilance.
Project Servator deployments can happen any time, anywhere, and are made up of a range of police resources, including police dogs, police horses, armed police officers, CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition.
Your support and assistance with Project Servator is the key to its success. You can help protect the sites and communities that you are working in, living in and visiting by reporting anything that doesn’t feel right. If you see something suspicious, please tell a police officer or call 101. Please use 999 if an immediate response is required.
For more information about Project Servator, visit The Civil Nuclear Constabulary and Project Servator.