Crime

Police have been granted new powers to move on potential troublemakers in a bid to crack down on antisocial behaviour in Cranford.

From Tuesday, cops can ask anyone whose behaviour is likely to be threatening to passers-by to leave the area for at least 24 hours. If they return within that period they can be arrested.

A Sikh detective from Cranford has lost his appeal against a decision to clear Met Police bosses of victimisation.

Gurpal Virdi was awarded £70,000 after winning an employment tribunal in June last year, only for judges to overturn the ruling on appeal.

Asian families have been warned to stay alert following a sharp rise in the theft of jewellery from homes in Cranford and Heston.

Burglars have plundered treasured bracelets, necklaces and rings worth thousands of pounds from homes in the area during the last few weeks.

One of the victims of a suspected hit-and-run smash at the weekend was from Cranford, police have revealed.

Naseem Kayani, 46, of Byron Avenue, was killed in the early hours of Saturday morning when an Asian man driving a BMW hit him and 21-year-old Monica Kovacova as they stood near a parked car in Perivale. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

POLICE
Cranford Safer Neighbourhood Team
Sgt Mick Rawling
PC Amanda Kearsley
PC Alan Tydeman
PC Angela Rusby
PCSO Chris Wagg
PCSO Saqib Sajid
PCSO Alan Hiskett
3rd Floor Vista House, Salisbury Road, Hounslow, TW4 6JQ
Phone: 020 8721 9123 / 07843 065902
Email: Cranford.snt@met.police.uk