What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Bradford man behind a county lines drug dealing phoneline which supplied crack cocaine and heroin to users in Leeds has been jailed for ten years following an investigation by specialist detectives. Evidence linking 29-year-old Anas Hussain to the drugs line came to light following the death of a vulnerable
A man and woman are starting jail sentences after being convicted of controlling a drug line in the Beeston area of Leeds. Back in July officers from Leeds District Precision Team executed a warrant on Malvern Road at the home address of Anthony Staten and found a large amount of
Court action and partnership working have made a positive difference to life in a South Leeds community where crime and anti-social behaviour issues were causing concern for residents. Partial closure orders covering five blocks of flats near Hunslet Moor Park were granted to Leeds City Council by magistrates earlier this
“BITMO tenants are sick and tired of the drug use and drug dealing in Belle Isle, the kids on bikes wearing balaclavas, the cars pulling up at all hours of the day and night, the smell of cannabis and the behaviour of the people who are high. All these things
The Neighbourhood Policing Team for Middleton and Belle Isle were continuing tackling the ward’s priority on drugs yesterday afternoon (11 February 2025). The team was again patrolling the car park on the junction of Aberfield Gate and Belle Isle Road. They stopped a vehicle which was trying to leave the
A convicted Leeds drug dealer is back behind bars after officers found Class A drugs destined to be sold when they searched his home. Officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU) executed a warrant at Mark McGregor’s Middleton home last month in response to intelligence provide
Drug use, drug dealing and the problems that come with them are not new to South Leeds, but it feels like it’s been getting worse over the last few months. South Leeds Life is aware of several local neighbourhoods that have been significantly impacted so this month, we spoke with
Officers from the South Leeds Neighbouhood Policing Team executed a warrant under the misuse of drugs act at an address in Burlington Road, Beeston on Monday (13 November 2023). In a post on Facebook, the team reported that they had seized a significant amount of suspected Class A drugs, cash
A gang involved in the importation of over 15 tons of cocaine – with an estimated street value of £1.59 billion – into the country has today been jailed. Six people connected to the plot, which involved importing the Class A drug from the Netherlands hidden in pallets of frozen