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Police target Ipswich businesses in multi-agency operation
Suffolk Police, Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and the fire service have carried out a pre-planned operation targeting businesses in Ipswich on Thursday, 22 October.
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Suffolk police to hold public meeting in Martlesham this month
Suffolk Constabulary and the county's Police and Crime Commissioner will host a public meeting in Martlesham on Wednesday, 21 October, giving residents the chance to question senior officers about local policing.
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Man arrested with around £4,000 of illicit tobacco in Ipswich
A man was arrested on Tuesday, 13 October, after police say he ran out of the back door of an Ipswich town centre shop carrying a suitcase full of illicit tobacco worth an estimated £4,000.
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Shrubland Hall: A terror threat that never was, and a taxpayer bill police won't disclose
In mid-July, around 15,000 Sunni Muslims packed into a private religious gathering at a country estate near the tiny Suffolk village of Barham. A major incident was declared following an alleged terror threat. Taxpayers are believed to have footed the bill, but police won't say how much it is.
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Facial recognition van leads to two arrests in Ipswich
A live facial recognition deployment across Tavern Lane and Upper Brook Street on Thursday, 27 August 2026, led to two arrests, Suffolk Constabulary has confirmed, after officers screened 27,531 faces against a watchlist of 771 people.
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Man, 36, arrested after Ipswich police station doors smashed
Ipswich Police Station on Princes Street has been closed after its front doors were smashed in the early hours of Friday, 28 August 2026, with a man arrested nearby on suspicion of criminal damage.
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Council claim anti-social behaviour crackdown in town centre is working...but won't (or can't) prove it
Ipswich Borough Council says a partnership with Suffolk Police is cutting anti-social behaviour in the town centre – but when asked to provide evidence to back up the claims, neither the council nor the police could...or would.
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Police warn of drug-laced vapes after two men collapse in Ipswich
Suffolk police are warning the public about illicit vapes after men in their 30s and 50s collapsed in separate incidents in Ipswich this month, with seized products found to contain a dangerous synthetic cannabinoid.
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How live facial recognition works, and why you're always told first
A facial recognition van is returning to Ipswich town centre on Thursday, 27 August. Here is what the technology actually does, and the legal reason why police tell you about it in advance, despite the obvious flaw with doing so.
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Suffolk police rated 'good' on just one of nine measures by watchdog
Suffolk's police and crime commissioner called the latest inspection "a good report". His Majesty's Inspectorate rated the force good on just one of nine measures, and inadequate on two, including how it protects vulnerable people from harm.
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Ipswich alcohol order consultation to launch next week
Ipswich Borough Council has agreed to launch a public consultation on extending the borough-wide order that gives officers the power to tackle alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in public spaces, with views being sought from 23 June.
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'They could have killed him, and the police didn't care': Mum of epileptic teen beaten and repeatedly kicked in the head by gang of students speaks out
When a 15-year-old boy with severe epilepsy was beaten by a large group of his peers in an Ipswich park, his mother expected the police to act. What followed, she says, has left her son feeling more unsafe than ever.