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£500k seized as police swoop on suspect stores
Birmingham Mail
|March 25, 2025
POLICE have seized more than £500,000 as part of a crackdown on fraud.
West Mercia Police took part in Operation Henhouse throughout February, a national fraud intensification campaign led by the National Economic Crime Centre in partnership with the City of London Police.
The month of action saw officers from the Economic Crime Unit (ECU) swoop at stores, such as mini marts, which were suspected of being used as a front for money laundering across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.
This story is from the March 25, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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