• Crackdown on Christmas Shoplifting In Ely

  By elypeople at 14:45 on 27/11/12

  

  Extra  patrols will be carried out in Ely throughout December in a bid to crackdown on shoplifting. The city usually experiences a rise in thefts from shops and stores during the festive period and last December there were 19 offences compared with a monthly average of four or five throughout the year. To combat the rise dedicated patrols will be carried out by officers in the run-up to December 25. Plain-clothed officers will also...

• Optician Thefts – CCTV Images Released

  By elypeople at 14:12 on 24/09/12

  

  Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a string of thefts from opticians in Ely and Chatteris. Officers want to trace the man after designer spectacles with a total value of about £5,000 were taken from three opticians. Three pairs were taken from Spectacular opticians in the High Street, Ely, on September 18. The following day 13 pairs were found to be missing from Spectacular opticians...

• Ely Police Station Opens Its Doors

  By elypeople at 11:11 on 11/09/12

  

  The people of Ely have the chance to look behind the scenes at Ely Police Station at an open day this weekend.
 Visitors can have their fingerprints taken, visit the custody block and check out the CCTV systems between 12pm and 4pm on Sunday September 16, 2012.
 Officers will also be on-hand to discuss local issues and there will be representatives from the ambulance service, Neighbourhood Watch and...

• Three Held After Ely Burglaries

  By elypeople at 05:10 on 15/08/12

  

  Three men have been arrested on suspicion of burglary following a number of break-ins across East Cambridgeshire. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle in Stuntney shortly after 2am on Monday August 13, however it failed to stop and the occupants decamped and made off. A helicopter was called in to assist with a search of nearby fields and three men were arrested. The men are being questioned in connection with a number of incidents...

• Car Stolen In Ely

  By elypeople at 05:07 on 15/08/12

  

  Police are appealing for help to trace a car stolen from a home in Ely. The silver Nissan Qashqai, registration WN12 GEJ, was taken from outside a home in Dovehouse Close in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 11). Detective Sergeant John Yore said: "I would appeal to residents to keep an eye out for this car which is likely to have been left parked up in the area." Anyone with any information should call DS Yore on...

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