GuyBell published Four Essex men jailed after £50m worth of cocaine seized in...

Four Essex men have been jailed after £50 million worth of cocaine was found inside a taxi at Tilbury docks.

Greg Spiers, 48, of London Road, Billericay was part of a group of three other men at the centre of a 225kg drugs bust by Met Police on July 21, 2015.

Police stopped a van and a taxi at the Port of Tilbury in the morning as they tried to leave the area with 200kg of high purity cocaine being seized from one of the vehicles.

Two men were arrested before police and sniffer dogs...

ricbrown3193 published Eight miles of queues on A12 near M25 junction after accident...

Both lanes of the A12 are blocked, with eight miles of queues developing after an accident involving a lorry and an overturned car.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene, in between junctions 12 for Mountnessing and 13 for Ingatestone, with queues heading back to the Brook Street Roundabout and the junction for the M25.

The crash was believed to have occurred shortly after 9.30am this morning, while police having to close the road and set up diversions in a bid to ease...

ricbrown3193 published Vigilante fisherman patrol Chelmsford's Central Park lake after...

Vigilante fishermen have launched patrols of a Chelmsford lake in a bid to crack down on a wave of illegal fishing and poaching plaguing the area.A dozen calls have been put in to the Environment Agency since Monday last week (May 16) with police and council figures helping with an on-going investigation to tackle the problem at the lake in Central Park.But unhappy with the authorities' response, Aidan Skinner, 20, decided to take control of the situation with the help of some fellow anglers who...

Katie_Feehan published Burnham woman who allegedly chased person with hammer charged for...

A woman has been charged after allegedly chasing another woman with a hammer in Burnham-on-Crouch.

The 30-year-old woman was detained in Glendale Road on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon on Friday, May 20.

An
Essex Police spokeswoman said: "A 30-year-old woman has been charged following an incident in Burnham-on-Crouch on Friday.

"Kerry Harvie, of Glendale Road, Burnham-on-Crouch was charged with using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to...

JoeSturdy published A120 partially re-opened after serious lorry crash near...

The A120 has now been partially re-opened after a serious crash where a lorry went into a bridge near Colchester.

The incident, on the eastbound carriageway between the A133 and the Ardleigh Interchange, completely shut the road for around two hours on Tuesday morning (May 17).

Now, traffic is moving on one of the two lanes of the westbound side of the dual carriageway, heading towards Colchester – while the other lane is still shut past the scene because of bridge damage.

The...

ricbrown3193 published WATCH: Essex Police bust out their dance moves in viral running...

A HANDFUL of Essex Police's finest officers swapped their tasers for twerking as they took part in a viral running man dance craze sweeping the world's forces.


The group of 11, who all used their days off work to gather at Chelmsford's Hylands Park today (Monday) for the video, brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'bobbies on the beat' as they strutted their stuff on camera.



















Pc Alan Conran, a member of the
Chelmsford and Maldon policing team, helped to organise the...

ricbrown3193 published BREAKING: Police seal off Fambridge Close in Maldon

Police have cordoned off a street in Maldon this afternoon.A number of police cars along with an ambulance and paramedic response car are in Fambridge Close.A police cordon is also in place. It is not yet known what the incident is.More to follow.