Three members of a drugs gang responsible for moving heroin and crack cocaine from Merseyside into Lancashire have been jailed following a detailed investigation by Lancashire Police’s South Division Targeted Crime Unit.
A man who groomed a 12-year-old girl online before driving her to a car park and raping her has been jailed for nine years, with a further year to be served on extended licence.
A man named Dane Crawford has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison after police found heroin mixed with a deadly synthetic opioid in a kitchen.
Two teenagers – aged 18 and 19 – have been formally charged in connection with a series of armed robberies at convenience stores in Preston and Chorley, Lancashire.
A doctor who worked in the emergency departments of Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital has been suspended after being found guilty of serious misconduct involving prescription fraud.
