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• Day of Action - 8 January 2026

  On 8 January 2025, the Environment Agency worked in partnership with West Mercia Police, DVSA, HMRC and the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) in a coordinated, multi-agency operation carried out across several sites to target and disrupt criminal activity across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.

  Almost £100,000 in cash was seized alongside counterfeit electrical items across the locations. The police made multiple arrests.

  Marc Lidderth, West Midlands Area Director at the Environment Agency, said: “The results of this day of action are a great example of utilising different agencies’ enforcement powers to reach a successful outcome and disrupt criminal activity. Working in partnership enhances our ability to protect communities and the environment.

  “These results will aid our joint investigations into illegal waste crime activity at sites in Worcestershire, and any future enforcement action we may take.

  “In 2024/5, the Environment Agency successfully stopped activity at 743 illegal waste sites. 84 of these were in the West Midlands region.

  “If you have any information regarding illegal waste dumping incidents, we encourage you to report it to the Environment Agency incident hotline to help in our fight against waste criminals.”

  Officers at Day of Action - 8 January 2026

  Incident Command Unit - Day of action