Last month has been an extremely busy month for the team with positive results. At the start of the month PCs Wayne Stephens, Martin Bassom and Response colleagues arrested four persons for robbery after a pizza delivery man was attacked and had his pizzas stolen. The four males have been bailed pending further enquires.

The middle of the month saw local neighbourhood officers with colleagues from CID and Dog section execute a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at 6.30am at a property in Tupwood Scrubbs Road. The intelligence that led to this warrant was from the community and I urge you to continue calling us with information and report anything suspicious to us because we will act upon it. The team un-covered two large storage bunkers in the rear garden which were being supplied with electricity from the main property. Inside the bunkers a total of 1,149 cannabis plants were found at varying stages of cultivation. Three men were arrested at the property on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis. They have now been bailed until May.

As a team we have also been carrying out joint daytime and evening cross border patrols with colleagues from neighbouring, neighbourhood teams from the Metropolitan and Kent Forces to combat cross border criminality. This is having a positive effect on crime which is down this year.

Finally on behalf of my CID colleagues I am appealing for any witnesses to an unprovoked assault that took place in the Coulsdon Road on Friday 12th March 2010 between 9pm and 9.30pm. The assault occurred following a large brawl. So if you did witness it or have any information relating to it then I encourage you to contact Surrey Police on 0845 125 2222 quoting reference TD/10/1177 or Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555111.

I want to reassure you that this kind of violent unprovoked assault is rare and that violence of this nature simply will not be tolerated. My local officers are working alongside the criminal investigation department in order to identify those responsible.