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Rural Stakeholder event: Focus on targeting rural crime | January 18, 2022

Today we held a conference with our key stakeholders and partners putting the focus on tackling rural crime in 2022. More than 70 per cent of Lancashire is classed as rural which is why rural crime including wildlife, agriculture and heritage crimes are so important to us. The event marked the official launch of our new rural task force teams which were introduced last March across Lancashire to allow us to proactively target the issues that matter most to rural communities.

Burnley drugs trafficker who tried to shield himself from prosecution jailed for 11 years | January 17, 2022

Imtiaz Shah, 42, was identified by Lancashire Police officers as a user of an encrypted phone used by criminals to try and avoid detection.

Appeal following assault in Morecambe | January 17, 2022

The incident occurred at around 8.05pm on December 18th on Queen Street, after the victim – a man aged in his 20s – had been approached by another group of men in a bar.

The victim left the bar and the group followed him in the direction of Euston Road before assaulting him, including punching and kicking him. He was also bitten on his face.

Update: Officers searching for missing Blackpool man find a body | January 16, 2022

We launched an urgent missing person appeal to locate 35-year-old Craig Daffern, who was last seen in the Paddock Close area of the resort at 2.30pm on Friday. This evening (January 16) officers have found the body of a man in the Catforth area of Preston. Although formal identification has not yet taken place, we believe it to be that of Mr Daffern.

Appeal after motorcyclist sadly died following collision in St Michael's | January 16, 2022

Officers were called to Garstang Road at 1.30pm yesterday (January 15) to reports of a single-vehicle collision involving a Husqvarna 701 Supermoto motorbike.

The rider, a man in his 40s from Preston, was taken to Royal Preston Hospital where he sadly died.