{"id":120535,"date":"2025-05-21T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120535\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:02:10","slug":"armed-officers-helicopter-and-drone-deployed-in-large-scale-police-operation-in-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120535\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed officers, helicopter and drone deployed in large-scale police operation in Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have been arrested<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BRI_PG_200525police-144-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Police at Beehive Industrial Estate in Crew's Hole, Bristol.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police at Beehive Industrial Estate in Crew&#8217;s Hole, Bristol.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large-scale police response, including a helicopter, drones, roads policing officers and armed police, was triggered by an incident at Crew&#8217;s Hole, near <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/st-george\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">St George<\/a>, in Bristol yesterday, Tuesday, May 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It involved a car which was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">reported stolen<\/a> from the Welland area of Worcestershire yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">BristolLive understands that a helicopter tracked the vehicle all the way from the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Mercia Police said the car was found in Bristol later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> located the car on an industrial estate at around 8.15pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A witness said there was a police helicopter, a police drone unit, undercover police and armed officers at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Forensics units were also at the industrial estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another witness told BristolLive that police had remained at the scene today, with some officers wearing stab-proof vests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Three men, aged 34, 49 and 60, were arrested following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All three men were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BRI_PG_200525police-95.jpg\" alt=\"Police at the scene.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Police at the scene.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They have been bailed as enquiries are continuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Mercia Police said: &#8220;A vehicle which had been reported stolen from the Welland area of Worcestershire yesterday morning (Tuesday, May 20) was sighted in Bristol later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Avon and Somerset officers located the car on an industrial estate in Crew\u2019s Hole around 8.15pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BRI_PG_200525police-66.jpg\" alt=\"Evidence was bagged and taken from the scene.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Evidence was bagged and taken from the scene.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Three men aged 34, 49 and 60 were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They have been bailed as enquiries continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men have been arrestedPolice at Beehive Industrial Estate in Crew&#8217;s Hole, Bristol.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach 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