Adrian Leppard
Adrian Leppard
Adrian Allen Leppard, CBE, QPM, is a retired senior British police officer and a former Commissioner of the City of London Police. He was previously Deputy Chief Constable of Kent Police and also served as a detective with Surrey Police...
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I remain pleased with the progress of this case.
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The net is closing. Leaving firearms, clothing and cash in the van suggests to me that there are people in the gang who are now making mistakes.
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This is organized crime at its top level. This was planned and executed with military precision.
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During the last 24 hours we have executed a number of search warrants. A number of those search warrants because of the risk posed have involved pre-planned firearms operations.
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They are under pressure and we want to keep the pressure on. I am very encouraged at this stage by the progress we are making. The net is closing in.
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During the last 24 hours we executed a number of search warrants. I can't tell you at this stage the result of those searches.
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The investigation is very active. We are taking all opportunities and gathering forensic evidence where we can, gathering witness evidence where we can.
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We have got a fairly wide inquiry basis at the moment that looks at a range of people in a range of areas - a lot of them in this country, but not all of them.
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We hope to jog people's memories - did they see anything last week, and did the gang test their plan and the route they used in the weeks running up to the robbery?
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We are gathering important evidence and following a number of significant lines of inquiry. I am pleased with progress and remain confident that we will catch those responsible.