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New police investigation into the extreme-right

01 May 2003

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A police investigation into extreme-right organisations, coordinated by the Lincolnshire constabulary, made a series of arrests at the beginning of July as part of Operation Scorpion. The operation began in February and has resulted in seven arrests. The first took place in south Lincolnshire at the beginning of May when a 37-year old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing racial and inflammatory material. Then Greater Manchester police arrested two men in the Oldham area in May on similar charges; a third man was arrested in the Urmston area in the latest round of arrests. The Manchester actions follow complaints of race-hate organisations targeting schools in the Oldham area and is line with the recommendations of the Ritchie report into the disturbances of 2001. Police also made arrests in Surrey, where a 36-year old male and a 37-year old women were arrested in the Egham area. In Bedfordshire officers arrested a 38-year old man. All were charged with the publication or distribution of racially inflammatory material.

Operation Scorpion press release 2.7.03; Lincolnshire police press release 2.7.03; BBC News 2.7.03

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