It started with the seizure of illegal cigarettes hidden in the back room of a minimart in Rochdale and ended with cocaine being bought over the counter from a shop in the West Midlands. \n\nOver a year, BBC news investigated the crime happening in plain sight on high streets across the country and, in the process, exposed the crime gangs exploiting the vulnerable and setting up shop in Britain.
Source: BBC 2
Exposed: The High Street Crime Crisis
It started with the seizure of illegal cigarettes hidden in the back room of a minimart in Rochdale and ended with cocaine being bought over the counter from a shop in the West ...
10-06-2026
BBC 2
Fighting The Phone Snatchers
Police in London mount a series of operations to take on the organised crime gangs behind phone theft in the capital, raiding homes, going undercover at stations, and adapting t ...
11-12-2025
BBC 2
The War Detectives
Missing for over 100 years - the human remains of two Scottish soldiers, killed in 1915 during the Battle of Loos in northern France, are uncovered by construction workers.\n\nT ...
21-11-2025
BBC 2
Exposed: The High Street Crime Crisis
It started with the seizure of illegal cigarettes hidden in the back room of a minimart in Rochdale and ended with cocaine being bought over the counter from a shop in the West ...
10-06-2026
BBC 2
The War Detectives
Missing for over 100 years - the human remains of two Scottish soldiers, killed in 1915 during the Battle of Loos in northern France, are uncovered by construction workers.\n\nT ...
21-11-2025
BBC 2
Fighting The Phone Snatchers
Police in London mount a series of operations to take on the organised crime gangs behind phone theft in the capital, raiding homes, going undercover at stations, and adapting t ...
11-12-2025
BBC 2