LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Operation Christmas Cracker burglary operation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Dec 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Paul Chapman interviews Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Ian Johnston, at Scotland Yard, about Britain’s biggest ever anti-burglary police operation where thousands of people have been arrested. Around 12,000 officers from 40 police forces nationwide took part in Operation Christmas Cracker. In London it linked in to the ongoing Operation Bumblebee by the Metropolitan Police.

Contributors

Paul Chapman; Ian Johnston

Keywords

London; Crime; Police; UK; Great Britain; Metropolitan Police; Burglary; Christmas; Theft; Burglars

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