Police arrest 12 after linking crash to organised crime
British police investigating a car crash in northeast England over the weekend that killed seven people, including two police officers, said they had arrested 12 people in a probe into organised criminal activity linked to the incident.
British police have arrested 12 individuals in a probe into organised crime following a car crash that killed seven people, including two police officers. The victims, who were travelling the wrong way on a dual carriageway near Middlesbrough, may have had ties to serious organised crime. Four of the deceased were known criminals, and the crash occurred after a pursuit involving a Volkswagen Passat, which had been pursued by police for several minutes.
The two officers killed, Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough, were not part of the initial pursuit but were called to assist in the search for the Passat. The Passat crashed into their vehicle shortly after the chase ended. The investigation, described as complex and fast-moving, has so far linked the incident to organised criminal activity. Flowers and tributes have been left at the crash site in honor of the fallen officers.
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