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Additional men sentenced following violent assault in Coleford last year (2025)
12:10 06/08/2026Three men were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court
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Man jailed for eight years in connection with drug and firearm offences in the Forest of Dean
15:38 30/03/2026Cumar Cumar, from Birmingham, had pleaded guilty to a number of offences
Crimes and priorities
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Reducing the number of shoplifting offences impacting retail businesses.
Action taken:
Through targeting our prolific offenders
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Tackling drug dealing and related Anti-social behaviour
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We continue to proactively tackle this issue through drugs warrants, stop searches and civil orders. We proactively scan for incidents involving vulnerable residents and those exploited by drug dealers with robust action in the form of arrests and civil injunctions / closure orders.
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Reducing the number of Serious and Fatal Road Traffic Collisions in the Forest.
Action taken:
We continue to proactively target offenders who repeatedly drive vehicles illegally on our roads and also those who use our road network to commit crime. We are doing this through specific tasking’s to our Specialist Operations Team and locally with our proactive and neighbourhood teams. We are also working with partner agencies to improve road safety.