Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Last nights last minute change of venue still brought out 15 Whittlesey/Coates & Eastrea NHW Co-ordinators. We covered a diverse array of issues. Although details are kept within the group, a great amount of success in both Crime reporting, prevention, cyber awareness and assisting residents with scam issues.
Other highlights were, NHW reporting drug dealing, illegal vehicles and ani-social issues in St Mary’s Churchyard.
Welcome t0 new Co-ordinator Peter W who will be covering the Coates area.

The next planned meeting will be held on Thursday December 12th @ 7pm more details closer the event. If you have concerns about crime or your neighbours safety or well-being,
please either contact myself (details on the top tool-bar) or
Robin Sutton     robin55@btopenworld.com

I have received notification of a series of suspected scam telephone calls here in Cambridgeshire.
Fortunately, the receiver missed the calls but when they did some research they were clearly from outside of the UK and on the balance of probabilities they were going to be either a divert to a premium rate number or another form of scam in which you would lose some money.
The missed call numbers are as follows:

+381 60 0009116
+224 637817031
+224 633550920
+224637817636
+224639954558
+26775110729
+5926850838
+26775074938.

Research on the numbers identify the following countries of origin; Serbia, Guinea, Guyana, Botswana.
However, please remember that with number spoofing, no number listed on a caller identifier can be trusted. No number, number withheld, international number and even local STD codes should be treated with caution. If you don’t recognise the voice of the caller be wary.
Personally, I allow most telephone calls to go into answer machine or I use a feature on my phone that requests the caller to text me. Very rarely does the caller text me.

Many thanks
Nigel

Mr Nigel Sutton
Fraud and Cyber Security Advisor | Specialist Crime Team
Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Hinchingbrooke Park,
Huntingdon, PE29 6NP

This week due to some active community residents/NHW & councillors, a serious drug dealer has been raided and will be charged with a number of offences.

There are other individuals who are openly dealing in serious drugs here in our town.
If you have concerns please report it to the Police, it is so easy.

Our officers are committed to tackling drug related issues within Cambridgeshire and we welcome any information you may have about drug use or dealing. 

To help keep our communities safe, we encourage you to look out for common signs of drug dealing and let us know if you see anything suspicious. 

Another way professional criminals deal drugs in particular neighbourhoods, known as ‘cuckooing’. Cuckooing involves offenders targeting the homes of vulnerable people and using it to deal drugs.

Those who usually become vulnerable to cuckooing are lonely, isolated and drug users themselves. In fact, dealers usually offer them free drugs as a way of getting into the victims home. The property is then used to deal and manufacture drugs for a short period of time before the dealer moves onto somewhere new. 

If you think this may be happening where you live, please get in touch so that we can prevent vulnerable people falling victim to this crime.

Abandoned vehicles (4 +1) (No MOT’s or Vehicle Tax) have been removed from Station Road Whittlesey, again this came about by ‘team work’ by several individuals, NHW and local Councillors.

Whittlesey & District
(Coates, Eastrea, Turves & Pondersbridge)
have their quarterly meeting.

Tuesday 10th September @ 7pm

Whittlesey Town Council Offices @ Peel House
Queen Street Whittlesey. (The Old Police Station)

Anyone is welcome to come along….