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Appeal after motorbike duo target high-value vehicles
09:30 17/07/2026We are appealing for information after receiving reports of a duo on a motorbike allegedly targeting high-value vehicles for theft in south Staffordshire.
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Crimes and priorities
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Continuing issues of drug dealing and misuse within the Perton Area.
Action taken:
Local officers are targeting drug dealers, including the harms associated with the exploitation of vulnerable people and county lines drug dealing. We are actively developing community intelligence and conducting overt and covert policing activity alongside specialist proactive units, specifically but not exclusively, in Perton where more detailed issues have been highlighted.
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The use of motorbikes in an anti-social manner.
Action taken:
Officers are working with partners in our community safety partnership team and our youth offending team to identify those involved and ensure positive interventions are in place to prevent reoffending.
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Anti-social behaviour (ASB) outside Sainsburys in Peron
Action taken:
Increase in calls for service at Sainsburys with ASB / young people riding bikes, e-scooters. Patrols will be increased and officers will be taking positive action to seize any e-scooters found in the area. Dispersal notices will be introduced if the problem continues.