0:00:03 > 0:00:0613 million motoring offences every year.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09He's gone through a wall and taken out a power cable
0:00:09 > 0:00:11and it's somersaulted onto its roof.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14More than 200,000 crashes and accidents.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17That's his head. There is actually hair on the inside.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23The nation's traffic police patrol across 250,000 miles of road.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Tonight:
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Put your arms down. Don't raise your arms.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Yorkshire's traffic police chasing fugitives and runaways.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38We've got runners!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Detecting.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Drug dealers and criminals hide things in places
0:00:45 > 0:00:47that people don't like to look.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And putting the brake on some of Britain's prolific criminals.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52You've got runners from a vehicle.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54It's a white male, black baseball cap.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01And a new way the police are collecting official evidence - on head cams.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Get that camera out of my face now.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Recording the action as the traffic cops see it happen.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10From a police officer's point of view, really, exactly what
0:01:10 > 0:01:13you see on the head cam is exactly what we're seeing in real life.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Busts caught on camera.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Open it!
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And arrests.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Sit up, sweetheart. Come on.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26It's quite harrowing when you go through the chain of events.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Grimsby, north-east Lincolnshire.
0:01:40 > 0:01:427pm.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45So, Grimsby in the daylight.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48A thing of beauty.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51PCs Rob Jones and Lee Cobb
0:01:51 > 0:01:54from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Roads Crime Team
0:01:54 > 0:01:57are patrolling the back streets in an unmarked car.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We were tasked with looking for a particular set of individuals
0:02:02 > 0:02:04that were causing grief in the Grimsby area,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07particularly relating to drugs and drug supply.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11A black Golf shot out of a side street.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Hello.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It didn't seem to be in control, as such.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- Is it a girl driving that?- Yes.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Can you go right at the roundabout?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Quite erratic, the driving, really. She shot off down here.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32'There's two reasons for people driving of that nature.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34'One is they generally drive like that.'
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The second is because they want to get away from somewhere
0:02:37 > 0:02:40or are carrying somebody or something on board they shouldn't have.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42She's overlapping the road.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The direction she's heading raises their suspicions.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Basically, done a big square.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51To my mind, there was no reason why you would do that route.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58We turned the blue lights on to try and get it stopped as soon as possible.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Get the keys off her.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'I looked to my right and saw the front seat passenger look at me'
0:03:05 > 0:03:08with a look of sheer panic on his face.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10'He opened the door, got out and started to run.'
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I've got him.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20We've got runners! Stand by. I'll get you a road name.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26'The passenger ran down an alleyway between two houses.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29'I had no idea where they had gone.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34'There was no noise, nothing jumping fences, that kind of thing.'
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Rob's wearing a specially fitted head cam that films his every move.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Everything they say and do is being recorded.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It's there in glorious technicolour for everyone to see.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05The suspect has disappeared.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14He ran that way down to the left.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19So he will be in the back there somewhere. White T-shirt, blue shorts.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22'While Lee went around the corner to look for the front seat passenger,'
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I went back to Lee to help him with the two people
0:04:25 > 0:04:27'I knew he had got detained in the Golf.'
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Who was that, then?- What? - Who was that in that seat?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34The first tale they give you is generally one
0:04:34 > 0:04:37that suits their side of the story, if you like.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's also the one you can pick the biggest holes in.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44What's your mate's name? What is he running away for?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46The cops have been given a name,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49but there is still no sign of the runaway.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54In a nearby street,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58PCs Ross Masters and Ben Waite are also searching for the wanted man.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The senses are heightened, we are looking at everything.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05We are looking at every car that's moving, every person on the street.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09A grey hatchback turns into the street.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11The vehicle stops and you can see the driver
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and the passenger fixated on the police car.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Rob has passed a description of the offender, who was wearing bright blue shorts.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26And lo and behold, the driver of the vehicle we had stopped had these bright blue shorts on.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Ben suspects the driver is the runaway and wants to question him.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33But his attention also turns to the passenger.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I can see the passenger of the vehicle fiddling around with the back of his shorts.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It looked like he was trying to hide something.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Because of that, they've both been detained, Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47which basically gives us the power to detain them
0:05:47 > 0:05:49and search them and the vehicle
0:05:49 > 0:05:52for any items linking to drugs and drug supply.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Back around the corner, Rob searches the girl's car.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Is that it?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08He finds some cannabis.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15The thing with cars is, there are lots and lots of places you can hide things.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18You can take radios out, you can take internal lights out.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I started searching the front of the car
0:06:25 > 0:06:29and found a quantity of cash just stuffed in below the radio.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's only 250 quid.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33200 and something.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It is a very uncommon place to hide cash in your car.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I don't know about you, but I keep mine in my wallet.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42They find something else in the boot.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48There's a light and ducting that you would use in a cannabis factory.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Cannabis cultivation set-up.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53In the boot, there is a light
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and ducting for cannabis cultivation stuff.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58And there's these two cards in different names.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I want to know where these come from.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03They've got a couple of hundred quid
0:07:03 > 0:07:05and he's legged it, so something's not right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13The cash and the items Rob found in the Golf are grounds for arrest.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22At the police station, Rob's finally got hold of the suspected runaway.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25'As far as I was concerned,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28'he was definitely the fellow that had run away from the Golf.'
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Bear in mind, I was not even six feet away from him when he looked straight at me.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37'He had been arrested in relation to the stuff we had found in the car.'
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Potentially, that is a reason for running away.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45He's now searched for drugs.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47We'll sort that out for you. We'll close the door.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49But nothing is found.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Next, the runaway's mate.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57'He is quite a cocky, arrogant chap and he's coming in there
0:07:57 > 0:08:01'and it's just a routine procedure for him. I'm thinking,'
0:08:01 > 0:08:04this chap is far too cocky to have any drugs on him.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09He's not booked into custody.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12We've just taken him into one of the cells to do this search.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's not the best part of the job.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Nobody enjoys looking at people naked at work,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19but it's a fact that criminals hide things in places
0:08:19 > 0:08:21that people don't like to look. They don't enjoy it,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I certainly don't enjoy it,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25but it's something that's got to be done.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27A package has fallen on to the floor.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36'It's apparent immediately it's some form of controlled drug.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40'It's a powder, it's in a clear, snap-seal bag. That is traditionally'
0:08:40 > 0:08:43how Class A drugs are transported in small individual deals.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Just when I was searching this chap, the bags have fallen out.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50The bigger bag looks like heroin
0:08:50 > 0:08:55and then two smaller bags of white powder, possibly crack cocaine.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59'The way he walked in, we were a little surprised when it did come out'
0:08:59 > 0:09:03but sometimes you just have to be prepared for the unexpected, I suppose.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Get that camera out of my face.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16'Taking something like that off the street, if only for a little while,'
0:09:16 > 0:09:20is only going to have a positive impact on that community.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Since the Regional Roads Crime Team was set up in 2008,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28drug seizures in Yorkshire and Humberside have risen by nearly a quarter.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- What drink do you want? - Cup of tea, please.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35The team continue the investigation and keep the suspects in the cells.
0:09:42 > 0:09:4550 miles west of Grimsby in Doncaster,
0:09:45 > 0:09:50PCs Lee Cobb and Mick Roffe are following a red flatbed transit van.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55You see a transit type flat back vehicle at that time of night,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58it's not going to be workmen, it's not going to be tradesmen.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04You are always going to stop this kind of vehicle.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Mick's head cam records everything he encounters.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Hello, mate. All right? Turn the engine off for us, pal.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Pass us the keys.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21As Ben and Ross arrive, Mick continues to question the driver.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Get some ID out.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26'We were looking at the vehicle,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29'but at this point the occupants are concerning me.'
0:10:29 > 0:10:33This guy is from out of town and there is a young girl in the car.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39It is immediately apparent she is under the influence of something.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Straightaway, you are suspecting drugs.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Sweetheart, have you taken something tonight you shouldn't have?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Have I what?- Taken something you shouldn't have tonight.- No.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Are you using at all?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53She portrayed all the hallmarks of someone who had used recently.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Her speech was slurred, she was quite lethargic in the way she was.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05There is some fresh blood on the back of your hand and stuff.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Obviously, we're going to be searching you.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Have you got anything that's contagious or anything like that we need to worry about?- No.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It sounds really harsh,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16but I've got to think about my own personal safety.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20'People who inject heroin ultimately share needles
0:11:20 > 0:11:22'and contract all sorts of things.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24'Hepatitis B and C can be quite harmful'
0:11:24 > 0:11:26to anybody who comes into contact with that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30You are going to be searched under Section 23, Misuse of Drugs Act, all right?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Do you understand that? - That's fine, yes.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Do you understand that, mate, as well? That counts for you.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You will be searched as well because there is a smell of cannabis, isn't there?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- You can search me now. - Have you got any gear on you still?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Any pins in your pockets?- No.- Just keep your hands out of your pockets.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Obviously, there are no female officers here.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- It's not ideal that I search you. - No. Search me.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Are you sure?- Yes, I'm sure.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04It's sad in a way because she has got a drug habit that she has to feed
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and when you use the term, "feeding a drug habit",
0:12:07 > 0:12:09you are feeding that habit, it almost eats these people up.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- How do you know this man?- He's from Worksop. He's one of my old mates.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Where did he pick you up from?- Erm...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It's all right.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25While Mick records his search inside the van,
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Ben questions the girl further.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28How long have you been on heroin?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33And how much do you use a day?
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Right. And how do you fund that?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49What got you into it in the first place, then?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01How old are you now?
0:13:01 > 0:13:02This particular drug dealer
0:13:02 > 0:13:06has targeted probably a vulnerable young girl at a young age
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and thought, "If I get her onto heroin, I've got her for life."
0:13:09 > 0:13:13And he knows that. That is how they build their trade.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16She's going to be a lifelong customer.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Current research shows there are more than 400,000 users
0:13:21 > 0:13:23hooked on heroin and crack in the UK.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31There is no sign of any heroin, but Mick has found something else.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'There is this cannabis cigarette in the car at this point
0:13:37 > 0:13:38'and we'd not found any other drugs'
0:13:38 > 0:13:40so it could be either one of theirs.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- It's mine. - It's yours, is it? Are you sure?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46'While she is heavily involved in Class A, she's had no previous
0:13:46 > 0:13:47'convictions for Class B, so'
0:13:47 > 0:13:50she could have had a street caution,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54which is viewed by criminality as literally just a slap on the wrist.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59A check on the police national computer
0:13:59 > 0:14:00reveals something more serious.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Just run by what she is wanted for again, please?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22She is wanted for not attending her drugs referral order.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Right, sweetheart, unfortunately, you are under arrest as well.- Why?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- You failed to attend the court. - Can I have a cigarette, please?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- Not just yet, no.- Please? Before I go.- Give me two seconds.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36You've just smoked one in my face back there, haven't you?
0:14:36 > 0:14:41The court issued a warrant because you have not attended a referral.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43A drugs referral. You need to attend.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You were told that. Or you can be arrested.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50'She is wanted for several different things but one of them was failing to attend a drugs rehabilitation order.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53'What the Government are doing is, instead of putting these people'
0:14:53 > 0:14:55behind bars and not helping them out,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57they make them attend drugs rehabilitation
0:14:57 > 0:15:00to try and get them off this drug and try and help them
0:15:00 > 0:15:03'and if they don't attend it, they are arrested for it.'
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Although she is under arrest, the innocent driver is free to go.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13There was nothing to suggest he had committed any offences,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15so he was allowed to leave.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Her recently-taken heroin seems to be taking effect.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I was sat with her and you start to become a little concerned
0:15:37 > 0:15:38cos she was almost incoherent
0:15:38 > 0:15:41'and you could see she was slumping down in the seat.'
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Sit up, sweetheart. Come on.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47'And you've just got to really be careful because ultimately, now, whatever she's done'
0:15:47 > 0:15:49matters not. She's in our care.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51She's in our custody. We have to look after her.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Where's that from?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Let me have a look.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's a bag of cannabis found where she was sitting.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07She will be booked into custody for the night and taken to court in the morning.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13But first, they check if she is wanted for any other offences.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Hello.- Hello.- Thank you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Breach of bail.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26There is also a circulation,
0:16:26 > 0:16:33failing to appear in relation to a drugs matter from the 23rd at court.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34There is a breach of a court order
0:16:34 > 0:16:37where you have failed to report as directed
0:16:37 > 0:16:42and you are also, according to this,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44wanted for a theft.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Gemma, is there anything else in this bag other than just the needles
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- and your drugs gear? - I don't know.- OK.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58She has got a big bag, which at first we just thought
0:16:58 > 0:17:02'contained personal items, drug paraphernalia, clean needles.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05'It's got your citric acid, it's got your cleaning wipes.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08'Within the bag I have also come across some items,'
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I think it was a bus pass and a bank card.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Could the bank cards be evidence of another theft?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Whose are these cards, Gemma?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22It's just one of my mum's mates from my house.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26When they are in someone else's name, we need to look into that.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30I'd prefer to do that first and then come back.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38'It's quite harrowing when you go through the chain of events.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42'She has been hooked on heroin, and to get her fix she needs money.'
0:17:43 > 0:17:48It is awful to think about and you don't come across it very often
0:17:48 > 0:17:50but when you do, it's quite disturbing.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56'People wonder why we take such a dim view of drug dealers.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58'I'm on this unit to go out and catch drug dealers'
0:17:58 > 0:18:02because it's not the users we should be targeting, really.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04They're victims, if you like.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08That dealer has ruined this girl's life. There's absolutely no doubt in my mind about that.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14The suspect settles down for the night.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- See you later, Gemma.- I just want some food and I'll be happy.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I'll sort that out for you now, don't you worry about that.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Thank you.- OK, sweetheart. See you later.- See you in a minute.- OK.
0:18:34 > 0:18:3750 miles north-west of Doncaster, in Halifax,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42West Yorkshire traffic cops PCs Andy Cox and Mark Claxton
0:18:42 > 0:18:45are on a night operation targeting drug dealers.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Cannabis in the air.- Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Exotic tobacco.- It smells like someone is baking.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Baking a rather special cake.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Cannabis and other drugs like heroin
0:19:07 > 0:19:11and cocaine are some of the biggest causes of crime in the UK.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Drugs is usually responsible for most crimes and most things that happen.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Don't do it! Stay on the floor!
0:19:19 > 0:19:24From the dealer right down to the individual who ends up taking
0:19:24 > 0:19:27or resorting to being drug dependent.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31As a result of that, they will steal anything they can.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36In 2012, crimes like robbery and theft, often committed to fund drug habits,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39accounted for half of all crime in England and Wales.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Officers nearby have come across an unusual theft.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Some officers have just shouted up
0:20:00 > 0:20:04that they've come across a cannabis factory.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Two males dressed in dark clothing carrying binbags have run away.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10'It's only then really when we realise how close we were
0:20:10 > 0:20:12'when we smelt the cannabis earlier,'
0:20:12 > 0:20:16that that's in fact what it probably was through the air.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Two males in dark clothing carrying binbags.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I think we ought to be having a word with them.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28There is a slight smell emitting from them as they run.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Somehow or by some means, the people who have got that cannabis factory
0:20:32 > 0:20:35in their house have been sussed out by someone.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38What looks like a typical terrace dwelling
0:20:38 > 0:20:41hides an increasingly common practice.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46The smell from that, as soon as you walked through the door, it was so pungent.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It really did hit you.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50There was no illusion whatsoever
0:20:50 > 0:20:53as to what was in that house once you had gone inside it.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01In 2012, police found nearly 8,000 set-ups like this one.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05The usual thing with cannabis factories,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08if you do go in and you check, it can quite often be booby-trapped.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10They wire things up to the mains electricity
0:21:10 > 0:21:13or they will put wires across the floor.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Where matting and things are,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17they will put nails and stuff underneath it so that potentially
0:21:17 > 0:21:21they want to protect it from the type of person who has just been.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24'Because so many of these cannabis factories are'
0:21:24 > 0:21:27found out by other drug dealers who will come and steal it all,
0:21:27 > 0:21:28they will do the booby-traps.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31So you have to be very careful what you are doing when you go in there.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36The heat from it is quite tremendous. It has to be nice and warm.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41All the hydroponic systems and the ventilation up here,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43so it's quite a nice little set-up.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48All the walls have reflective material around them to keep it all warm.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52All the plants have been in here.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55They have cut them straight off, chopped them down.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- The heat in here is quite...- Intense. - And all the lighting.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02So it's quite a big set-up.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05It's quite a professional set-up, to be honest with you.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Home-grown cannabis production has more than doubled
0:22:09 > 0:22:11in the last five years in the UK.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Quite often, someone will rent a property for maybe a six-month period
0:22:15 > 0:22:19so that there is no paper trail of who they are.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21They give false details, pay in cash
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and the whole of that premises will be a cannabis factory.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30They've even got a system up there, which looks like a large torch.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34It is actually taking in the odour and putting it into a filter system.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37So it doesn't give off the whiff to all the neighbours and everybody else.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41You can't go to B&Q and buy all that lot and shove it in a trolley.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It would be a bit of a giveaway, really.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47The problem is, the internet is a wonderful tool these days.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53Tap in a few words of how to produce a cannabis factory and it'll be there.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It has been quite a good little set-up, but unfortunately it sounds
0:22:58 > 0:23:01like they might have bragged to somebody about what they are doing.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05The officers that were at the scene originally made some enquiries
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and traced the owner of the house.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12He was taken to the police station and interviewed about it,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17at which I believe he fully admitted his involvement in the offence
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and that he was cultivating it.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25At Doncaster Police Station, the bank cards found amongst
0:23:25 > 0:23:29the 19-year-old's property have been linked to another theft.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33When she's been arrested, she's had two cards on her.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36We've just done a CMS check on these cards
0:23:36 > 0:23:40and it turns out that a purse was stolen yesterday in Bawtry.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45The description given matches her to a T.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50The bank card that I have found in her property has been stolen
0:23:50 > 0:23:54the previous day from an old couple in a local village.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The clothes she was wearing were the identical clothes that were
0:23:57 > 0:24:00described in the crime the previous day.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05She's on a £150-a-week drug habit. How does she fund it? Petty crime.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Dipping old dears' purses while they are in pubs.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12It's not the crime of the century but that old lady yesterday, when she
0:24:12 > 0:24:16found out she's had her purse stolen, she was probably quite upset by it.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19We talk there about petty crime and it's not the crime of the century
0:24:19 > 0:24:23and all that and it sounds like it almost trivialises an issue.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26If it was my mum or my grandmother... My grandmother is 80 years old.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28If she was minding her own business
0:24:28 > 0:24:32and this girl snatched her handbag, my grandmother would be mortified.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Just follow me. Come on.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Follow me.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Gemma, as a result of those cards,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I am arresting you on suspicion of theft of a purse
0:24:57 > 0:25:01from a pub on the high street in Bawtry yesterday.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Do you understand?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Gemma is the classic habitual heroin user, really.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11She will commit petty crime to just put a needle in her arm.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13She's lost kind of her morality - the drug does that to her.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16She's Gemma, but she's not really Gemma any more.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Yeah, there will be a court appearance.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24And we're going to contact them for you anyway, all right?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Gemma, follow me, I'll put you back in.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29People look at police as an all-singing, all-dancing agency,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and we're not, really - we're law enforcement.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34There's a big story to Gemma, and we're at the end of that story.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37We can make referrals, and we certainly do make referrals.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Ultimately, it's up to Gemma to help Gemma out -
0:25:40 > 0:25:43whether she wants to do that or not is...remains to be seen.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48DOOR SQUEAKS AND SLAMS
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Bradford, West Yorkshire.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It's a new day,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02but the major issue facing the Regional Roads Crime Team
0:26:02 > 0:26:05remains the same here, as it does throughout the UK.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Streets are covered with drugs and drug dealers, and,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13you know, we deal with so much of it because there is so much of it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Mick and Lee receive a report.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20We've had a call from a local channel that some lads
0:26:20 > 0:26:22cut a cannabis crop up at an address.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26We're just making our way there as quietly and as quickly as possible,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28so as not to spook them at all
0:26:28 > 0:26:31in our unmarked car, and hopefully we can drop on them still doing it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35It could be another theft involving a cannabis factory.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Once the crop's mature,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40if you can get in and crop the plants and steal them,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42then you've got free cannabis, if you like.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I think a member of the public has seen them
0:26:45 > 0:26:47cropping it through the window.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Steady, steady, steady.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Here?- No, next one.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53That might be it, back there.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Number 5, Lincoln Park...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Go steady - we're in an unmarked car.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- POLICE RADIO CHATTER - 15-11...
0:27:03 > 0:27:05It's this flat here.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08'You're thinking, "There'll be two or three lads with a van,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09'"maybe loading up cannabis plants."'
0:27:09 > 0:27:12And that's all we come to work for. I'd love to catch somebody
0:27:12 > 0:27:14in the act of doing that - it would be a fantastic result.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Just go to the front... VOICE ON POLICE RADIO
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- RADIO:- 'And then previous one should have conditional discharge.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23At the front, mate - is there anyone at t'front?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Cut at front, stay at front. It's this flat here.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Put t'window up.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32While Mick covers the back,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Lee has a look inside.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Not going to go far, is it? Can we just...?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41'You don't know until you're physically through the door
0:27:41 > 0:27:44'as to what you've got. But for me, I always... I'm a bit of'
0:27:44 > 0:27:47a "glass is half full" kind of guy - I'll always err on the side of,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49you know, if someone's phoned in
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and it looks relatively credible, let's go with it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54There's nobody answering the door,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and a witness has told us there IS somebody at the address.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59'Neighbours had said that'
0:27:59 > 0:28:02there was someone inside the flat - why aren't they answering?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04'Every minute we stand outside'
0:28:04 > 0:28:06is another minute they get the chance
0:28:06 > 0:28:09to dispose of some potential evidence, so, for me,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11we needed to be getting through the door sharpish.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14It's very unusual to get information this specific.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Which lends itself to believe it's correct.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21So we, er, get the key and put the door in.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24When he says we'll get the key and put the door in, he doesn't mean
0:28:24 > 0:28:26the Yale-type key, he means the big piece of metal.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28The Enforcer, as it's otherwise known,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31is 35lb of hardened steel
0:28:31 > 0:28:34that impacts at more than 3.5 tonnes.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Police! Come to the door, else we'll knock it in!
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Come and answer the door, else we'll put it in - your last chance!
0:28:42 > 0:28:44There's definitely someone in there, I know there is,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46from what I've been told.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48'And they always sit and wait it out as best they can.'
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Not yet.- You what?- Not yet.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01PIECES OF METAL CLATTER TO THE GROUND
0:29:01 > 0:29:02SHOUTING FROM INSIDE
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Open it, then!
0:29:06 > 0:29:08It's police! Stand back from the door!
0:29:10 > 0:29:13MORE SHOUTING FROM INSIDE
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Open the door, then.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Any more...?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Right, is there anybody else in the house?- No.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Right.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Come in here.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Come in here.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44There's no sign of any cannabis.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Clear in here.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51'Really, really disappointed.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54'You work hard to get there, you smash the door in,
0:29:54 > 0:29:55'and it's just not there.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57'The more you search and the less you find'
0:29:57 > 0:29:59the more deflated you become.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01It's just, "Oh, I can't believe it," you know.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Is there something here that shouldn't be?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- No.- No. Why didn't you come to the door, then?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- I was asleep!- Oh, that's funny.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- What's your name, pal? - Didn't hear us shouting?
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Who in their right mind...? He said he was asleep or something.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17We were there for a good 5-10 minutes
0:30:17 > 0:30:20shouting, banging on his door - "Police!"
0:30:20 > 0:30:22He's up to summat in here.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25There's no doubt in my mind that he knew that the police were there.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Mick finds some cannabis.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33But it's not what he was expecting.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36It's obviously old plants, but...
0:30:36 > 0:30:40There's bin bags everywhere. Whether he's bagged it up or...
0:30:41 > 0:30:44This guy had obviously grown some cannabis and let it dry out.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47They're only little saplings, so really, at best,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49you've got £20-30 worth of cannabis.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51So, we deal with him by means of a fixed penalty.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- We're...- I...- We're going to issue you a fixed penalty notice.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Because you've got no previous for drugs, or growing drugs
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- or anything to do with drugs, have you?- No.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01We're going to issue you a ticket
0:31:01 > 0:31:03which gives you an £80 fine, basically.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And we'll seize the plants from you, all right?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Do you need a bigger bag?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11In 2012, possession of cannabis
0:31:11 > 0:31:15accounted for nearly three-quarters of all drug offences.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17I'd rather any day of the week force a door
0:31:17 > 0:31:22'and run a job to its nth degree and find that then, you know,'
0:31:22 > 0:31:25things are different, than stand outside while somebody's
0:31:25 > 0:31:28potentially under threat or we're losing evidence,
0:31:28 > 0:31:33just because we're not 1,000% sure.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36For me, I had reasonable grounds to believe that there was
0:31:36 > 0:31:38someone inside the address, from what I'd been told.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40And the information was they were
0:31:40 > 0:31:42cropping cannabis, so there was enough for me.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 7:30pm.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Mick and Lee are hunting a wanted man.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59We'd been tasked to the Parsons Cross area in Sheffield.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03We were looking at quite a high-level drug dealer
0:32:03 > 0:32:05who was currently feuding with another group.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12As we get to the roundabout, I see coming from the off-side
0:32:12 > 0:32:15a little green, old Peugeot, three lads in it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19As soon as we see it, he just puts his foot down.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24MICK SPEAKS TO POLICE RADIO: ..vehicle along Clarence Avenue, Parsons Cross.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26As we pull up behind it...
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Just nick up t'other side!
0:32:29 > 0:32:31..the front seat passenger just leaps out.
0:32:31 > 0:32:342-6, we've got runners from a vehicle.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Lee's out and running straightaway after him.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41It's a white male, er, black baseball cap.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46It's always a risky time when you run after somebody,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49because you never know where they're going to go, who they are,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51what they've got on board,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53if they're carrying any weapons.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54You try our damnedest to run,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57and communicate to your colleagues where they are.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00The worst bit is, Lee's out and running on his own,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04one-on-one with a stranger, who might have weapons.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08The adrenaline's up, and you're just basically asking anybody on the air
0:33:08 > 0:33:10to come and help us out.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Ben and Ross are nearby, listening to the radio.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16VOICES ON POLICE RADIO
0:33:17 > 0:33:20We're a mile away, Mick, we're en route.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26When I get round and see him, a couple of streets away,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28you kind of almost breathe a sigh of relief.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32You know, he's in one piece, it's not turned into a fight as yet,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34and it's not...it's not escalated any further.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Mick's found Lee, but where's the runaway?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I've had a word with Lee, and he's saying the guy's hidden in a garden
0:33:42 > 0:33:44or hidden in a house or something like that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46VOICE ON POLICE RADIO
0:33:46 > 0:33:50As Mick approaches some gardens, Lee has the runaway detained.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He gave up. He literally walked towards us,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57'didn't put up a fight, didn't give us any grief or arguments.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58'He basically said, "I'm wanted."'
0:34:00 > 0:34:03He was wanted for a riot
0:34:03 > 0:34:04and violent disorder -
0:34:04 > 0:34:07it's alleged that this chap's actually attacked somebody
0:34:07 > 0:34:09'and he's been wanted for quite a while.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11'In his pocket is a quantity of cash,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14'which, for a chap who's not working,'
0:34:14 > 0:34:15you ask yourself the question,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18"Where have you got that from and what are you doing with it?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19"Is it from criminal means?"
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- How much money have you got in here? - Dunno.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28'I've arrested him for being in possession of criminal property -
0:34:28 > 0:34:30'also known as money-laundering.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33'We suspect the money in his pocket isn't from a legitimate source.'
0:34:33 > 0:34:36So that gives us a leg-up to go and have a look into his life,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and see what he's up to.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43A quarter of a mile away, Rob catches up with the two males
0:34:43 > 0:34:45who were riding in the car with the suspect.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54They'd got no drugs on them, they'd no...
0:34:54 > 0:34:57vast quantities of cash, no firearms in the car,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00nothing to be concerned about - from their point of view at least.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03But until we get to the bottom of what had gone off,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06all three were arrested and taken to the nearest police station.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15We didn't know who this guy was, and then local officers started arriving,
0:35:15 > 0:35:18saying, "Do you know who you've got, do you know who this lad is?"
0:35:18 > 0:35:21And really surprised. Apparently he's been wanted for some time,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24so just by being in the right area and looking at the right cars,
0:35:24 > 0:35:25we've dropped on a guy that
0:35:25 > 0:35:28divisional officers have been looking for for weeks.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34At the police station, Rob searches the car.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42'I'm trying to go through it as methodically as possible,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44'because you can hide things in'
0:35:44 > 0:35:47lots of different places in cars, there are many small hidey-holes.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54There's this, er, bent...
0:35:54 > 0:35:57air rifle barrel.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59In the foot well.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Which would make a very handy cosh, I suppose.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Yeah, it's another exhibit. It's a lock-knife,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13found down the side of the driver's seat.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Lock-knives can be used for many innocent things,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19although the fact it locks in itself makes it illegal.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22And he shouldn't have it.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24'The reason we were there'
0:36:24 > 0:36:25is to try and combat
0:36:25 > 0:36:28this gang problem that Sheffield had at that time,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30on Parson Cross.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- POLICE RADIO: - 'She carry a mobile, or...?'
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Half a scaffolding pole under the driver's seat.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42What use is half a scaffolding pole to somebody,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44other than as a weapon?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46We'll recover that, get it bagged up,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50along with the lock-knife and the air weapon barrel.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54There's also a wheel brace under there.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03We'll recover that as well. Again, all heavy metal things.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05See, if that could have a use in a car,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I'd love to know what explanation he's going to give for that.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Bigger picture is,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13you've got groups of usually lads running round Sheffield,
0:37:13 > 0:37:15and Parsons Cross in particular,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18trying to be top dog, if you like.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Although they only mean to hurt each other,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24or cause damage to each other's property,
0:37:24 > 0:37:26there are innocent members of the public
0:37:26 > 0:37:29that live on Parsons Cross and, you know,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32the chances are that at some point, they're going to get in the way.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42On the north-east Lincolnshire coast, in Grimsby,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Officers Mark Panther and Martin Micklethwaite
0:37:45 > 0:37:48from the Regional Roads Crime Team have been asked to check
0:37:48 > 0:37:51on the driver of a car who is linked to drug dealing.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56We're heading to a car at the moment
0:37:56 > 0:38:00that is on our pack for today - some other local units have stopped it.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Another officer initially at the vehicle - we've gone to assist.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10It's being held together by all sorts, this.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13The driver's been sat in the driver's seat with the door open.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16How are we doing, all right...?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Driving round in vehicles like this,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20you're asking to get stopped by police.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Careful.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26'I've looked in the door pocket whilst I'm scanning round,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28'and immediately I've seen what appeared to be
0:38:28 > 0:38:30'a police cosh, a baton.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33BATON CLICKS OUT 'We use it in our day-to-day policing,'
0:38:33 > 0:38:36but it's very rare that we would actually draw us baton.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38For what we've found in the car,
0:38:38 > 0:38:40I'm just going to put these on you, all right?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- HANDCUFFS CLICK - I'm getting arresting, am I, mate?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Hey?- Am I getting arrested?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It's obviously going through us mind - why has he got this baton?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50He obviously wants to protect himself from something.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I'm arresting you on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55You don't have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- don't mention something you later rely on in court.- Yeah.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Anything you do say may be given in evidence, all right?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03It's a type of weapon that's going to break bones.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06If you were to get hit by that, it would cause,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08you know, a potential serious injury, so...
0:39:08 > 0:39:11whilst it's taken off the street, it's all well and good for us.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13And good for members of the public, really.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Get that off me!
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- Put your arms down.- Don't start twisting me cuffs, then!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Put your arms down, then. Don't raise your arms.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22He's getting a bit agitated, a bit upset.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Don't raise your arms, then, with your fist clenched, and you won't...
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I wasn't with my fist clenched, you're...!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29..you won't have them twisted, will you?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Martin's got to keep his hands on his cuffs
0:39:31 > 0:39:33and prevent him from striking out or anything like that.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Chuck us your car keys, fella.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Here you are, get... Take my car key off.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- We need all your keys, mate.- No...
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- Jump in t'car.- Obviously my house keys...- Jump in t'car, mate.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Taking him to the station so he can be interviewed.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We'll take the vehicle as well back to the police station,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57where we can search it more thoroughly.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02It is a shed of a car, that, innit?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04'I'm driving the vehicle back to the police station
0:40:04 > 0:40:07'while Martin's transporting the prisoner.'
0:40:07 > 0:40:09And whilst I were in the vehicle,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12the, er, the exhaust didn't sound too clever.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14'Mate, it sounds awful.'
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Mark's driving the car back so we can go through it a little bit more.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21We can search it in a bit more detail
0:40:21 > 0:40:22in our own time as well.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26I can't see any reason why anybody would need one of them in the car.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28But is that the circles that he mixes in?
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Does he require that piece of, er, kit
0:40:32 > 0:40:35to make sure that he doesn't get into any bother?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37In you pop.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Stand, er, stand just there for us, fella.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Martin's taken him into custody, and I begin a search of the vehicle.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47As the search begins,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Mark discovers a reason he believes the suspect is carrying
0:40:50 > 0:40:53a police cosh, or ASP.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Some, er, individual bags of
0:40:56 > 0:40:57some white crystal.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00It becomes clear to me why he's got a cosh in his car -
0:41:00 > 0:41:03'somebody coming and trying to take his drugs.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06'So that's why he will have a baton close to hand, in his door pocket'
0:41:06 > 0:41:09he can easily grab if anybody tries to come and attack him
0:41:09 > 0:41:10or take his drugs from him.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13'They're prepared to go to any lengths to keep hold of the drugs,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16'and it's a sad state of affairs, really.'
0:41:17 > 0:41:20A good, er, 15 individual bags.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21I'm just trying to...
0:41:22 > 0:41:24..see how many of these.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Got 18 bags, which is a nice find.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30The drugs will be tested, but their discovery gives the cops
0:41:30 > 0:41:32further grounds for arrest.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34I'll do the, er, do the honours.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38What's your first name again, fella?
0:41:38 > 0:41:39- LOW VOICE:- Dave.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Dave?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Mate, erm, bit of a problem, what's been found in the car.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46All right. At the minute, you're under arrest on suspicion
0:41:46 > 0:41:48of possession with intent to supply.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- You understand everything that's been said to you?- Yes.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Marvellous.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57We've got, er, 18 bags, which look like probably £10 deals.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Erm, it probably is
0:42:00 > 0:42:03that he is dealing this, whatever substance it is,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05rather than for his own personal use,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07cos if it was for his own personal use,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10then he wouldn't need to divide it into these kind of quantities.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15We go to work to stop people dealing drugs in this way,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17and remove drugs from the street.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Because in my years of policing, I've seen
0:42:20 > 0:42:24the effect that drug use can have on people.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Scales, mate.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Digital scales.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Further evidence that he's supplying drugs.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35You do feel good that you've had some kind of positive impact,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38removing drugs and weapons from the streets.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42You never know what you're going to get each day when you come to work,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44but when you find stuff like this, it is pleasing.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Looks as if he's got something in there. Could be nothing, but it's
0:42:47 > 0:42:50a bit strange in the circumstances, with the information we've got,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53to have a little portable safe in the boot of your car.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Down this way, mate, let's, er...
0:42:56 > 0:42:59At this point, he's going to be further searched to make sure
0:42:59 > 0:43:01he's got no drugs secreted on his person
0:43:01 > 0:43:04that we hadn't been able to see initially.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10He's been searched. There have been no further drugs found.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12We've got to carry on with this investigation.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Because the man's under arrest for drug dealing,
0:43:15 > 0:43:19the cops have the power to search any properties he has links to.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23He's given an address at Cleethorpes
0:43:23 > 0:43:25when arrested initially for the ASP.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28He is now saying he is of no fixed abode, which suggests to me
0:43:28 > 0:43:30there's potentially some further evidence there,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33whether it be drugs, cash, or other evidence of other offences
0:43:33 > 0:43:36back at the premises, so the priority will be now
0:43:36 > 0:43:39to get the authority signed up and go and search the premise,
0:43:39 > 0:43:40and see what we find.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43If we can ask permission to authorise
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- section 18s for the addresses, please.- Yes.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49- You'll need to find a pad, though. - I shall go and hunt one down, ma'am.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Marvellous.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54While the investigation continues,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57the suspect will be detained in custody.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03'I don't think he will be the major dealer in all this.'
0:44:03 > 0:44:06He may be dealing on behalf of somebody else,
0:44:06 > 0:44:08who doesn't want to get their hands dirty,
0:44:08 > 0:44:11and that's the ones that we're trying to get to,
0:44:11 > 0:44:14and we have to take off the smaller fish to get to the bigger fish.
0:44:18 > 0:44:2380 miles north, at Killingbeck Police Station in Leeds,
0:44:23 > 0:44:27West Yorkshire traffic officers Mick Jessop and Dan Robson
0:44:27 > 0:44:29are only minutes into their shift.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34We're responding to a call of a one-vehicle RTC.
0:44:34 > 0:44:35It's a car into a bus stop.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Call from ambulance saying there's two people injured.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42First job of the night.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Whenever a call of an RTC comes in,
0:44:46 > 0:44:48you instantly think the worst.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52Some of the scenes that you could face are horrific,
0:44:52 > 0:44:55and stop with you forever, potentially.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00Paramedics are already at the scene, along with several witnesses.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- You in t'car as well?- No.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06- No?- I just made the call.- Nice one.
0:45:06 > 0:45:07- You saw it happen?- Yeah.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08'It was puzzling at first,
0:45:08 > 0:45:11'because there was only one person with the vehicle'
0:45:11 > 0:45:13but it became obvious quite quickly that there were actually
0:45:13 > 0:45:15two in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20The driver is conscious, and doesn't appear to be seriously injured.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I've never known anyone in shock to walk away from a collision.
0:45:32 > 0:45:37It looks as though he's been coming out of town, heading this way,
0:45:37 > 0:45:39and it looks as though he's hit this bus stop
0:45:39 > 0:45:41somewhere to the front of the vehicle,
0:45:41 > 0:45:43and it's spun him round slightly.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45It's looking like it might be something and nothing,
0:45:45 > 0:45:48but the female passenger has walked off from the vehicle.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Straightaway at that point, I was getting suspicious
0:45:51 > 0:45:54as to why the person had walked away from it.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Sorry to interrupt, have you seen this passenger in this car?
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- She walked...- She's gone round there.- What's she wearing?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01- A lady's gone after her. - She had a backpack.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Immediately, I start to think we need to find this girl
0:46:03 > 0:46:05'and find out what's gone off.'
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Yeah, 3-6. This might be a long shot,
0:46:07 > 0:46:12- but can you just see if you can find someone called- BLEEP- on our systems?
0:46:12 > 0:46:14'TNC... No, it's not wanted.'
0:46:14 > 0:46:18Looking for clues to explain the missing passenger,
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Mick questions the driver further.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Have you got any cannabis on you at any point?
0:46:23 > 0:46:26You've got a whiff of cannabis about you. Have you been smoking it?
0:46:29 > 0:46:30Have you been around somebody that has?
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Is that the other lass in the car with you?
0:46:35 > 0:46:37She smokes it.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Right, do you want to come and have a seat in our car, then, fella?
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- You say you've got the reg? - Yeah.- Right.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47The female occupant of the car, who is allegedly smoking cannabis,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50isn't here any more. She's walked off prior to police arrival.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54There was a smell of cannabis in the Micra.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59The driver has stated that the passenger had been smoking it.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03That may have been why she left the scene.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05She knew that the police were going to be coming.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08She didn't want to be found in possession of cannabis,
0:47:08 > 0:47:11so that's why, uninjured, she's walked away.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13The front end of the car has completely disintegrated,
0:47:13 > 0:47:15as cars are designed to do now.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17They're designed to break rather than break the people inside,
0:47:17 > 0:47:20and luckily, that appears to be what has happened.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24The driver seems to have no injuries, but further investigation
0:47:24 > 0:47:27of the car produces some interesting discoveries.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- He didn't have his seat belt on, did he?- No.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32- Because that's come in... - That's an inside impact, isn't it?
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- I dare say so.- He's saying he hasn't.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39Of particular interest is a crack in the windscreen.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42He's got to have done. If he's not wearing his seat belt...
0:47:44 > 0:47:46- There's no way you were wearing that. - No, no.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50Police collision expert Les Green checks the seat belt.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57The airbag's gone off, it's fired the pre-tensioners,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00but the seat belt is like a bowstring, which indicates
0:48:00 > 0:48:03that the driver wasn't wearing it at the time of the collision.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07That's his head that's done that.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11And the inside, as my colleague's had a look, there's actually hair
0:48:11 > 0:48:17on the inside, which proves that it has been done by the driver's head.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20That bit of webbing across your chest that holds you in that seat
0:48:20 > 0:48:25could prevent you from injury, minor or serious, even a fatality.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27It's law to wear it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30More people out there need to recognise that fact,
0:48:30 > 0:48:32and ensure they do.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40The driver could now be facing a £60 fine for not wearing his belt,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43and the injury's beginning to take its toll.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45He's limping about, he's walking wounded,
0:48:45 > 0:48:49- but apparently, he's had a nosebleed now, they're saying.- Oh, right.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51That's just from him head-butting the windscreen.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53It's going to smart if you head-butt a windscreen,
0:48:53 > 0:48:57it's going to cause that sort of damage. I wouldn't like to do that.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01I've seen people killed just from not wearing their seat belt.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03- Right, you're going to go up, OK? - Yeah.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10The driver is taken to hospital, and Mick and Dan are left to clear up.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Service to the people of Leeds!
0:49:15 > 0:49:19'The amount of glass that was all over the bus lane'
0:49:19 > 0:49:23and the pavement, around the bus shelter, it was tremendous.
0:49:23 > 0:49:28This is the cost to the taxpayer of people not wearing their seat belts.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31And driving like idiots.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37We get a lot of the time, "Have you got nothing better to do?"
0:49:37 > 0:49:40We do, but we got this to deal with.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43If people wore seat belts and they drove more sensibly,
0:49:43 > 0:49:45it wouldn't happen, and I wouldn't have a bad back.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52'I think, really, it's only a case of luck
0:49:52 > 0:49:56'that it wasn't a lot more serious than it was.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59'If there had been anyone stood at the bus stop'
0:49:59 > 0:50:02then there was the potential for it to go horribly wrong.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04With no leads on the mystery passenger,
0:50:04 > 0:50:06the cops call it a day,
0:50:06 > 0:50:09but as they leave, Mick gets a call on his mobile.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12The original caller for the RTC we've just dealt with,
0:50:12 > 0:50:15he's rung back and said he's got some further information for us
0:50:15 > 0:50:19regarding the driver's activities post-collision.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23'He took a bag out of the car as soon as he got out,
0:50:23 > 0:50:28'as soon as the accident happened, and he, like, put it in a bush.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30'And then he took it out and gave it to her, I think.'
0:50:30 > 0:50:35So, she walked off with the bag that he took out of the car?
0:50:35 > 0:50:38- 'Yes.'- Right, brilliant, thank you very much for that.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40'We could have really done with that information'
0:50:40 > 0:50:42while we were at the scene,
0:50:42 > 0:50:45when there was more chance of being able to locate the lady
0:50:45 > 0:50:48and the bag with the items, these unknown items.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51We'll do some knocking on some doors and see if we get anywhere,
0:50:51 > 0:50:52but I doubt it.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Positivity, Daniel.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02I keep telling you that I don't have a negative attitude.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04'We did some door-knocking and went looking'
0:51:04 > 0:51:07for the girl that had made off from the scene, but we couldn't find her.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11We didn't have any powers to go in any houses looking for her either,
0:51:11 > 0:51:12so, game over, job done.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26In Grimsby, a young man has been arrested
0:51:26 > 0:51:28for arming himself with a police cosh.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30If you were to get hit by that,
0:51:30 > 0:51:33it would cause potential serious injury,
0:51:33 > 0:51:36so whilst it's taken off the street, it's all well and good for us.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39And during a search of his car at the police station,
0:51:39 > 0:51:41the reason why becomes clear.
0:51:42 > 0:51:4618 wraps of amphetamine worth up to £200 have also been found.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51They are prepared to go to any lengths to keep hold of the drugs,
0:51:51 > 0:51:53and it's a sad state of affairs, really.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56PCs Mark Panther and Martin Micklethwaite
0:51:56 > 0:51:58want to find out where the drugs came from.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Obviously, the chap we arrested earlier
0:52:01 > 0:52:04has been found in possession of the controlled drugs.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08We've sought an authority from the inspector to go do a house search,
0:52:08 > 0:52:11so we're just off back to his address to search
0:52:11 > 0:52:14and see if there's any more drugs at the address.
0:52:14 > 0:52:20Initially, he didn't want to give his address, and said he was...
0:52:21 > 0:52:23..no fixed abode.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26But paperwork in the car suggests he is living at an address
0:52:26 > 0:52:29that we've got on our systems for him.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32So we've got some keys. We'll go and see if they fit, and do a search.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40The address is his parents' house.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Somebody's coming.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44There is a light on. There we go.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47If police were knocking on my door at that time of the morning,
0:52:47 > 0:52:48it's got to be bad news.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Hi, mate. Sorry to bother you. It's nowt to worry about.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53They do think the worst, but sometimes,
0:52:53 > 0:52:56they obviously know their son or daughter very well.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00Is it all right if we just step in a minute? Ta, mate.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03You get all different kinds of reactions, really.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07You know, relief that one of their loved ones is not dead,
0:53:07 > 0:53:09which is obviously what they think of straightaway,
0:53:09 > 0:53:12but then anger that they've been arrested
0:53:12 > 0:53:15and their house is now getting searched because of their actions.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16Does Ben live here?
0:53:16 > 0:53:18There were no evidence or anything like that,
0:53:18 > 0:53:20and the father was more than willing
0:53:20 > 0:53:22for us to go round and search it.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24His dad says he just comes in and out for a wash,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27and he's only got a few belongings, so in all reality,
0:53:27 > 0:53:29he isn't actually living there,
0:53:29 > 0:53:31and his dad says he lives somewhere else.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34So we've got to try and find that property,
0:53:34 > 0:53:38cos if he is trying to hide something, then we've got to find it.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42With no drugs found or any incriminating evidence
0:53:42 > 0:53:45at the address, Mark and Martin obtain further intelligence
0:53:45 > 0:53:48on where their suspect might be staying.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Yeah, we've come to another address,
0:53:51 > 0:53:56which is an associate of the lad we've got in custody.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Some intelligence has come back to say
0:53:59 > 0:54:02that there was 100 cannabis plants
0:54:02 > 0:54:05seized from this address earlier on this month.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08These people, trying to make as much money as they can
0:54:08 > 0:54:11and don't care about anything else, other than making that money,
0:54:11 > 0:54:13so we want to remove the drugs from the street,
0:54:13 > 0:54:16protect members of the public and obviously,
0:54:16 > 0:54:19deal with the offences that they're committing.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23The occupant who did live here is in prison at the moment,
0:54:23 > 0:54:26but somebody's trying to link the other lad
0:54:26 > 0:54:30that we've got in custody today to this address, so we can go search it.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33As they wait for authority to search the address,
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Mark and Martin check if anyone's home.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42Mail addressed to the suspect is found.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I will be in a second, mate.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47This lad, to me, like I said earlier,
0:54:47 > 0:54:50he's not the biggest player in the game, I don't suppose.
0:54:50 > 0:54:57He's got 18 or 20 wraps or deals within his case.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01He'll be going off and dealing on behalf of somebody else.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04When you can see the state of his car, it is a bit of a shed.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07He doesn't look to be doing too well from his drug dealing.
0:55:07 > 0:55:14We've managed to get into the communal area, which...
0:55:14 > 0:55:15The door was open.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19- We've found mail addressed to Mr- BLEEP- on a windowsill
0:55:19 > 0:55:21and down the bottom of the stairs.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23However, the keys that we've brought with us
0:55:23 > 0:55:27from custody don't fit the lock.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32From looking through the letter box, it does look unoccupied.
0:55:32 > 0:55:33There's nothing at all in there.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37We're trying to establish whether it's a previous address
0:55:37 > 0:55:39or it is his current address.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43If we can establish that, then we may have to force entry
0:55:43 > 0:55:45just to make sure that there is nothing in there
0:55:45 > 0:55:46that he doesn't want us to find.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48You just want to get the drugs off the street,
0:55:48 > 0:55:51because you know the misery it can cause families
0:55:51 > 0:55:53and people's lives, and communities' lives.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57Drug users end up committing offences to fund the drugs,
0:55:57 > 0:56:00and these offences then have a knock-on effect,
0:56:00 > 0:56:02so it's like a domino effect, really.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06We've got to go to the top and stop that from happening.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10With no evidence of any wrongdoing at either of the addresses searched,
0:56:10 > 0:56:11back at the police station,
0:56:11 > 0:56:15the suspect's belongings are bagged for further analysis.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18- That's the... - MOBILE PHONE BUZZES
0:56:21 > 0:56:27..his phone that's been bagged up and sealed is very active still.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32The phone's constantly ringing, it's constantly receiving messages.
0:56:32 > 0:56:37It becomes a sole purpose for people, is to get the next hit of drugs,
0:56:37 > 0:56:42so they end up stealing from their families or committing petty crime,
0:56:42 > 0:56:46and the crime builds up and builds up as they need more drugs.
0:56:47 > 0:56:52Since 2008, the Regional Roads Crime Team have made more than
0:56:52 > 0:56:573,000 arrests and seized drugs worth over £31 million
0:56:57 > 0:56:59throughout Yorkshire and Humberside.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05The young man found with the police cosh and 18 wraps
0:57:05 > 0:57:09of amphetamine in his car admitted possession of an offensive weapon,
0:57:09 > 0:57:13possession with intent to supply, and driving without insurance.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18He was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24The young woman arrested for failing to attend a drug referral programme,
0:57:24 > 0:57:27who was further arrested for theft and assault,
0:57:27 > 0:57:30was sent to prison for a total of nine months.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35The man arrested by officers after his cannabis crop was stolen
0:57:35 > 0:57:38in Halifax was given a police caution.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41No action was taken against the men who stole his plants,
0:57:41 > 0:57:44after the owner refused to make a complaint against them.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48The wanted runaway arrested in Sheffield served six weeks
0:57:48 > 0:57:51in prison for attacking a rival gang member.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56No action was taken against his associates in the car.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03And the drugs found on the suspect at Grimsby Police Station
0:58:03 > 0:58:09were confirmed as heroin worth £200, and a £40 bag of MCAT.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13He was fined £110 for drug possession.
0:58:13 > 0:58:17No action was taken against any of the other suspects arrested.