REVEALED: Crawley's worst road for speeding and the crazy speeds...
CRAWLEY'S worst hotspot for speeding has been revealed with the same road accounting for 29 of the 30 worst offences in the town in the past three years. Figures released by Sussex Police through a...
View ArticleCrawley taxi drivers could be unknowingly ferrying around...
TAXI drivers in Crawley are going to be trained in how to spot the signs they could be asked to pick up and ferry around a child who is being sexually exploited in the town or at Gatwick Airport. To...
View ArticleHandbags, cash and small items stolen in spate of burglaries over...
POLICE are warning residents about a series of burglaries which have occurred throughout Crawley where handbags, cash and similar small items are being stolen during the evenings.There have been seven...
View ArticleREVEALED: Reason for police helicopter and dogs being despatched...
SUSSEX Police have revealed the reason a police helicopter and dog unit were despatched to help with a manhunt in Southgate and Tilgate on Wednesday night. Crawley Police requested air support to...
View ArticleMan to face trial for allegedly driving while over limit by three...
A MAN is to go on trial after pleading not guilty to being more than three times the drink-drive limit.Robert Gittins, of Ditchling Hill, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court last Thursday, charged...
View ArticleBewbush man given suspended jail term for drink-driving and not...
A BEWBUSH man has been handed an eight-week suspended jail sentence and banned from driving for five years, after pleading guilty to three driving offences.Darren Jackson, also known as David Logan,...
View ArticleWoman charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine through Gatwick...
A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with attempting to smuggle £100,000 worth of cocaine through Gatwick Airport in tins of hot chocolate.Border force officers at Gatwick found approximately 1.2...
View ArticleMan fined for damaging TV at home in Langley Green
A MAN has been fined £40 after pleading guilty to damaging a television in a property in Langley Green.Benoit Anamalay was charged with intending to destroy or damage a television with an unknown...
View ArticleAudi crashes into railings on Southgate Avenue
SOUTHGATE Avenue was closed yesterday (Monday) after an Audi crashed into railings at a pedestrian crossing. The collision, which did not involve any other vehicles, occurred at the junction with...
View ArticleDistraction burglar steals £400 in Langley Green water...
POLICE are investigating a scam where a man pretended to be from the water board to gain entry to a home in Langley Green and steal from the occupier.A man managed to steal £400 from a resident living...
View Article£150 cash and 100 cigarettes stolen in Langley Green...
THIEVES stole money and cigarettes after gaining access to a home in Langley Green last week.A property in Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green, was burgled at some point between 3pm and 6.30pm last Wednesday...
View ArticleVan, 670 fake cigarettes and £10,000 seized in Trading...
TRADING Standards have seized £10,000 in cash, a vehicle and more than 670 illicit tobacco products as part of an ongoing investigation in Crawley.Officers used sniffer dogs to discover fake cigarettes...
View ArticleTwo arrested on suspicion of GBH after man seriously injured at...
TWO people have been arrested on suspicion of GBH after a man suffered serious injuries at a home in Ifield. Scenes Of Crime Officers (SOCO) were still at an address in The Orchards at about 7pm...
View Article19 arrested as cash and drugs seized in raids across Crawley
CASH and drugs have been seized in raids across Crawley following a two-week operation to tackle the supply of narcotics in the town. Operation Enforcer began on March 14 to target suspected drug...
View ArticlePair arrested over suspected GBH in Ifield released without...
TWO people who were arrested after a man suffered suspected grievous bodily harm injuries have been released without charge.Scenes Of Crime Officers (SOCO) were at an address in The Orchards, Ifield as...
View ArticleShoplifting suspect arrested in Crawley town centre as police...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and assault after police "flooded" the town centre following reports. Officers were called to Best One, on The Broadway, at about 10am today...
View ArticleWARNING: Do not approach "aggressive" Crawley man on...
POLICE are urging people in Crawley to be aware a wanted man is on the loose after he failed to hand himself in.The "aggressive" man, who lives in the town, is wanted on recall to prison and Sussex...
View ArticleJihadi Instagram account hints at possible ISIS terror attack on...
AN ominous Instagram account appears to hint at a possible ISIS terror attack on Gatwick Airport. The account, set up under the name albaniiiiiii1, features a host of pro-Jihad quotes, soundbites, a...
View ArticleMan, 25, arrested on suspicion of child abduction after missing...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of abducting a child after a a girl, 15, with links to Crawley who was missing for almost two weeks has been found safe and well.Emily Besant, who has previously...
View ArticleCrawley conman and wife ordered to hand over £7,500 in...
A CRAWLEY conman who previously sold a car which was not his has now been ordered, along with his wife, to pay more than £7,500 in unpaid rent on a Copthorne home they lived in.Shean Rham, who also...
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