A NEW facility to help fight crime in the North-East is being created with £1m of Government cash.
The new Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) premises will provide a new headquarters for police to base themselves from as they tackle serious and organised crime.
Specialist teams from Northumbria, Durham and Cleveland police forces; the National Crime Agency (NCA); and other law enforcement partners will work under one hub leading the region’s response to a range of threats.
The facilities will enhance the existing capabilities, as the agencies tackle crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, organised illegal immigration, firearms, high value fraud, cyber crime, child sexual exploitation and terrorism.
Security Minister, Ben Wallace, said: “The expertise of specially trained officers within a single hub will ensure our intelligence across the region develops at pace and undermines the efforts of those who pose a threat to our national security.”
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