Cleveland Police launch operation to target people suspected of disorder
Police have vowed to catch anyone responsible for joining in the disorder earlier this month after strike teams carried out a series of raids on Teesside.
Cleveland Police have now arrested 110 people following the widespread trouble in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, which was some of the worst seen in recent memory.
The force invited the media to accompany some of the 10 teams which set out from its Middlesbrough headquarters early on Wednesday to make arrests.
The teams arrested 14 people aged 11 to 43 during a series of raids.
This is the second time the force has held an 11-year-old over disorder. A boy aged 11 was arrested on suspicion of arson on August 1 after a police car was set alight in Hartlepool during the disorder in the town.
Before the teams set out, Superintendent Marc Anderson briefed them, saying: “I was Silver Commander on Sunday August 4 and never in my 30 years’ service have I seen anything like that in Middlesbrough.
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