Operation Crucible

Police officers searching scrap for stolen metal

Operation Crucible is a police-led, multi-agency investigation into the organised theft and unlawful trade of metal in England and Wales.[1]

Agencies

Involved agencies include:[2]

  • British Transport Police
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Hertfordshire Constabulary
  • Norfolk Constabulary
  • Suffolk Constabulary
  • Northamptonshire Police
  • Leicestershire Police
  • Essex Police
  • Cambridgeshire Constabulary
  • UK Border Agency
  • Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
  • Trading Standards
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

See also

  • Operation Icarus - Police investigation into the organised theft and black market trade of religious and church artefacts in England and Wales

References

  1. ^ "Heritage experts join police for metal theft crackdown". BBC News. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Operation Crucible – Police and heritage experts coordinate action against metal thieves for first time". British Transport Police. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  • "British Transport Police: The fight against thieves targeting cultural heritage". YouTube. 9 September 2016. Chief Constable Paul Crowther, the National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Heritage Crime, outlining Operation Crucible. Retrieved 10 September 2016.