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Shoppers on one of Ipswich's busiest streets watched as officers struggled to detain a man who resisted arrest on Tavern Street this morning, as police separately conducted their investigation into a burglary at a nearby vape store.
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A Romanian supermarket on the Buttermarket has been ordered to close after police seized illicit alcohol, tobacco and prescription-only medication – but many locals may be asking why the closure is temporary. Here is what the law actually allows.
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A 32-year-old Ipswich man has been jailed for three years and 10 months after seriously injuring a Metropolitan Police officer in a hit-and-run collision on Burrell Road — while drunk, speeding, and on his phone.
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A drug dealer arrested during a police operation in Ipswich has been jailed for five years and 10 months after assaulting an officer and being found with cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis.
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A teenage boy has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Andrew Roche, 42, following an altercation in the Whitehouse area of Ipswich last summer.
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Surveillance operations, covert tactics, and coordinated warrants dismantled a commercial-scale cannabis and cocaine operation spanning industrial units and rural locations across Suffolk, resulting in sentences totalling over 28 years for four of the seven men convicted.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left with a broken leg and a cut ear following a road rage incident in Ipswich.
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Scott Hyam, 39, of Ramsgate Drive, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday, 22 January, after pleading guilty to assault by beating following an incident in September.
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Steve Wright, who is already serving a whole life sentence for murdering five women in Ipswich in 2006, admitted killing 17-year-old Victoria Hall over 26 years ago.
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A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of rape following a serious sexual assault in Ipswich town centre has been released on police bail pending further enquiries, to answer on 27 April.
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A 19-year-old man has been taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning after a woman in her 20s reported being sexually assaulted near St Lawrence Church at approximately 3:15am on Wednesday, 28 January.
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Suffolk police are urging anyone who was in the Tavern Street area of Ipswich around 3:15am on Wednesday to come forward with information after a woman reported being sexually assaulted in a nearby alleyway.
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