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Two men arrested after ‘large-scale’ police operation into organised crime
Two 30-year-old men were charged after arrests in Cambuslang linked to Operation Venetic, a Europe-wide probe targeting organised crime groups using encrypted devices.
- On Tuesday, Police Scotland's Organised Crime and Counter Terrorist Unit charged two men, both aged 30, arrested in the Cambuslang area of South Lanarkshire.
- Operation Venetic, a Europe-wide probe, has focused on dismantling organised crime groups using encrypted devices, with arrests following extensive enquiries by officers and international partners.
- The large-scale operation focused on disrupting drug supply, with officers from Police Scotland's Organised Crime and Counter Terrorist Unit executing arrests of two men.
- Detective Superintendent Steven Elliott said on Tuesday the two men are expected at Glasgow Sheriff Court on December 24, and police say further inquiries remain ongoing.
- Police describe the work as a priority within a wider serious and organised crime taskforce, and say the encrypted-device focus gives cross-border reach to disrupt drug supply networks.
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Two men are expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday after being arrested as part of what police described as a ‘large-scale operation targeting those involved in serious and organised crime and drug supply’ (Jane Barlow/PA) PA Media Police Scotland has arrested two men in a major operation targeting organised crime and drug supply networks. Both suspects, aged 30, were detained in the Cambuslang area of South Lanarkshire and are…
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