Officers from Portswood Police Station have made an arrest in the fight against drug distribution. “What started as a traffic stop turned into a significant drug seizure”

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 15, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments From Southampton Police on Facebook (15/03/24) “During this operation, officers discovered and confiscated a considerable quantity of Class B drugs, a quantity of suspected Class A drugs, a large sum of cash and several mobile phones. A 28 year-old man from Southampton has been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug.” “This success is a...
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Suspicious activity / intelligence – Oakmount Triangle

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 14, 2024 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Residents in Oakmount Triange have tried to report this to the police but apparently the ‘police weren’t interested’. They have pictures with number plates of the cars involved. Two suspicious vehicles have been monitored for several weeks with people swapping packages from the boots of the two cars. The residents photographed the Merc parked this morning, waiting for the man...
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Southampton Police on Facebook: 9/03/24: “Portswood’s Neighbourhood Policing Team have been actively addressing community concerns regarding traffic and the use of e-scooters on Portswood High Street”

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 10, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments From Southampton Police on Facebook 9/3/24: All info courtesy of Southampton Police. “Tonight, the Team have been actively: – Enforcing traffic regulations to maintain safety and order – Educating e-scooter riders on legal and safe riding practices and seizing e-scooters that do not comply with legal standards – Providing guidance to food delivery drivers on adhering to...
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The Daily Echo 8/03/24: Portswood Road closed as armed police deal with incident

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 7, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24168897.portswood-road-closed-armed-police-deal-incident/?ref=ebbn&nid=1351&u=b84eb5b77cb441a6e6ae451222b3d5d7&date=070324
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Flytipper – Osborne Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 7, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Cllr John Savage recently advised HRA of some good news! In January, a local resident sent him the original of a video of a man with a white van who was flytipping in Osborne Road car park. As a local councillor, he was able to  chase things up with the flytip team so it could be used in evidence to prosecute. The flytipper has now received a £400 penalty notice!
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Van rifled through – Shaftesbury Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Happened on Sunday 4 March around 7.15am. Likely nothing taken.
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Police and Community Together Meeting (PACT), 6.30pm, Tuesday 27 February 2024, Portswood Church: Notes on handling of CCTV footage, and the community speed gun programme (ncj)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2024 in Crime Incidents, Police Liaison Meetings | 0 comments On the panel: Francesca Prior – SCC Community Engagement Manager, Malkeat Singh – Community Engagement Officer, PC Adam O’Neill – Community Engagement & Liaison Officer, Portswood, Swaythling and Bassett Councillors Finn, Savage, Reynard and one Councillor from Bevois Valley were in the ‘audience’.   This is mainly a note of the two questions I raised...
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Scrambler motor bike rider riding at very high speed at 3am – round The Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 21, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Reported to the police and to HRA by a person who lives in Highfield Road. This had previously been a frequent occurrence and has now started up again.
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