UK Crime Caught on Camera: Shocking Moments

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In this compilation episode, you’ll see some of the shocking crimes we’ve covered so far in the series.

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00:00The driver here is someone West Midlands Police describe as really violent and who preyed

00:18on the vulnerable and took advantage of it.

00:21The footage shows him dangerously weaving in and out of traffic but it's what he did

00:26beforehand that prompted the police pursuit.

00:30The thug stole a 70-year-old woman's bag in the street that resulted in her breaking a

00:37hip after being dragged to the ground.

00:40Elsewhere he broke into the home of another 70-year-old woman and cut her phone line so

00:46she couldn't call for help.

00:49There he stole bank cards and cash.

00:57The driver also stabbed another woman several times in her hand as he tried to cut the strap

01:01of her handbag while she was walking down the street.

01:09He also tricked his way into the house of a vulnerable man who previously suffered a

01:13stroke by asking for a glass of water before stealing the man's bank cards.

01:20But the homeowner's son spotted the thug leaving the house, recognised him as previously having

01:25done roofing work at the property and was later able to identify him.

01:32A day later he stole a Fiat 500 but police were able to trace it due to an in-car tracker.

01:39The driver pled guilty to five burglaries, three robberies, an attempted robbery and

01:45aggravated vehicle taking.

01:48He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

02:03Six gang members who ran one of Britain's largest drug rings have been jailed for smuggling

02:09£1.59 billion worth of cocaine in boxes of frozen chicken.

02:15The gang used a warehouse in Redditch to store the cocaine.

02:20They were part of a criminal network which imported 15 tonnes of high purity cocaine

02:24from a Mexican cartel and distributed it around the UK.

02:29They worked for a kingpin, hiding the drugs in boxes of frozen chicken in what is thought

02:34to be the largest drugs operation in England and Wales.

02:39Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside said the money-minded criminals

02:44were able to sell an extortionate amount of drugs.

02:49The gang's operation initially unravelled when police raided a home in Leeds where they

02:53discovered blocks of cocaine with an estimated street value of £14 million and crystal meth

03:00with an estimated street value of £4.95 million in a locked room.

03:06They also found other paraphernalia used to repackage the drugs, cash, bank cards and

03:12passports.

03:21This is the moment a fugitive tries to hide in a hot tub after leading police officers

03:25on a death-defying 80mph chase the wrong way down a dual carriageway.

03:31He clambered into the jacuzzi as armed cops tracked him down to a family's back garden.

03:37Prior to that, he was one of three thugs who led officers on a high-speed chase after they

03:42left a man for dead in a savage assault.

03:47Police say the trio drove the wrong way round a roundabout.

03:56They then drove the wrong way at more than 80mph on a dual carriageway, forcing other

04:02vehicles to swerve to avoid collision.

04:11Several minutes later, the trio turned around on the carriageway and drove the other way.

04:18Next, police officers caught up with them in a residential area where the trio tried

04:23to escape capture.

04:28One of the thugs tried to flee through some gardens and, as we've already said, he tried

04:36to dodge the police by hiding inside a hot tub.

04:42But that didn't work out and soon the law caught up to him.

04:46Two of the trio, including the hot tub thug, were convicted for attempted murder while

04:52another was guilty of GBH with intent.

04:57They were sentenced to a combined 57 years.

05:11A criminal gang operating out of Blackburn have been jailed for more than 40 years after

05:16concealing large amounts of cocaine and cheese.

05:21Lancashire police raided a unit at the Old Fire Station in Blackburn and found a £17.2

05:27million haul of cocaine.

05:30The unit belonged to a dealer who had hidden the large amounts of cocaine inside blocks

05:35of Gouda cheese.

05:38Police found 217 kilos of cocaine, some hidden in the cheese and other blocks in black bin

05:43bags ready to be handed to couriers.

05:47Research shows that between September 2022 and May 2023, the dealer agreed to sell over

05:532,000 kilos of cocaine, which was worth over £17 million.

06:00The dealer and the courier were jailed for a combined total of 43 and a half years.

06:14This is the moment two thieves stole a £60,000 diamond ring in Sussex.

06:21Footage shows how they asked to see the 18 carat gold and diamond ring.

06:29They distracted the store owner and dashed to a getaway car.

06:36However, with the help of the public, police were able to trace two vehicles.

06:45This car was sighted driving at high speed on the M23 but was stopped and another vehicle

06:53was halted in Surrey.

06:56One of the thieves admitted theft and driving while disqualified and was jailed for two

07:01years and four months.

07:04The other admitted to theft and was jailed for a year.

07:20Dramatic police footage shows the moment officers raided the homes of an organised crime gang

07:25supplying crack cocaine and heroin.

07:29200 officers from Cheshire Police, with support from Merseyside Police, raided 14 addresses

07:34across Runcorn, Wednes and Merseyside.

07:39Police say the defendants were identified following a number of inquiries, including

07:43Telecoms Analysis, CCTV and ANPR, during an investigation that took place from August

07:512021 until September 2022.

07:56Six men and two women were arrested and charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

08:02Five men and one woman were sentenced to over 20 years in total, while the remaining two

08:07received suspended sentences.

08:20Next up we're in Chathamken, where a County Police canine has followed the scent of something

08:24to a shower wall inside a bathroom.

08:27It must be brewing up some stink as our pal here is getting very excited.

08:32And for good reason, because behind the wall is a secret chamber stuffed with cigarettes.

08:40This footage was shot during a series of raids in Chatham, from which police recovered 145,000

08:45illegal cigarettes.

08:54Astonishing footage shows the moment police officers catch a major drugs gang in the middle

09:22The 21-strong group used encrypted EncroChat phones to arrange the ordering of 100 kilograms

09:32of high-purity cocaine from Dubai.

09:35Over a 14-month period, the gang smuggled cocaine into the UK, worth a staggering £165

09:42million.

09:43In January 2022, 18 people were jailed for a combined total of 167 years for their part

09:51in the conspiracy.

09:52A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has ordered some members of the gang to repay over three

09:56quarters of a million pounds of their ill-gotten gains.

10:00A court heard the gang ran their drugs empire from a modest terraced house in Derbyshire.

10:06One gang member benefited by £1,078,992.04, with an available amount of £377,423.81.

10:20The man, who lived in Nottingham before he was jailed for 10 years, rented two apartments

10:24at a cost of nearly £91,000 and shopped at Harvey Nichols and Flannels.

10:30A court heard he also rented 46 luxury cars at a cost of nearly £250,000.

10:36A separate hearing found another gang member who benefited by approximately £160,000,

10:42with an available amount of around £140,000.

10:46He and his younger brother were taxi drivers who couriered cash and Class A drugs across

10:51the country.

10:52One was jailed for seven years and nine months for his links to the drugs empire.

10:56The other earned over £250,000, with an available amount determined at around £169,000.

11:04He is currently serving a prison term of four years and nine months for a money laundering

11:08offence.

11:09A court heard the gang had two offices in Luton and Derby, where millions of pounds

11:14flow through from their cocaine sales.

11:17In a six week period, they raked in around £18.6 million, the equivalent of around £400,000

11:24every day.

11:25And that is that.

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