Seven people, including a 16-year-old from High Wycombe, were arrested following an operation targeting alleged violent and knife crime offences in Windsor and Maidenhead.

'Operation Limit' took place throughout last week from Monday 19 October, across the Royal Borough.

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The arrests are in connection with investigations into a number of alleged unrelated violent offences.

Those arrested were:

A 16-year-old boy from High Wycombe was arrested on Tuesday (October 20) on suspicion of affray. This was in connection with an affray in High Street, Eton, on September 24. He was released on police bail until November 13.

A 30-year-old woman and two men aged 32 and 35 on Wednesday (October 21) on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a controlled drug and money laundering offences.

These arrests followed a warrant executed in Heron Way, Maidenhead, in which drugs and money were seized. All three were released under investigation.

A 41-year-old man from Watford was arrested on Thursday (October 22) on suspicion of stalking/harassment and possession of a bladed article.

The arrest was in connection with an incident on October 13 in which a man was threatened with a knife in Ascot. He was released on police bail until November 12.

A 41-year-old man from Datchet was arrested on Tuesday (October 20) after a court warrant for failing to appear was issued. He was remanded to appear in court.

A 38-year-old woman from Maidenhead was arrested and charged on Thursday (October 22) with two counts of assault.

This was in connection with two incidents in Maidenhead on June 7 and June 14. She was remanded to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on the same day.

Chief Inspector James Senior, Deputy Local Policing Area Commander, said: “In the past six months, knife crime and robbery of the person has decreased in Windsor and Maidenhead.

“Thankfully, these kind of offences are not prevalent in our area however, this operation took place following several recent incidents which, understandably, caused some community concern.

“We wanted to act quickly, as we believe an immediate response can only help to further reduce similar offences from reoccurring in our communities. I also want everyone in the community to feel reassured by how seriously we take reports of such offences.

"We also worked closely with licensees and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s Council wardens to carry out searches of people visiting licensed premises as part of our preventative work.

“We were also fortunate enough to work in partnership with British Transport Police and the Royal Military Police, and Eton College. Their support on this operation was invaluable.”

“Our additional resources enabled us to focus on these crimes, without impacting upon or taking officers away from work on other important ongoing investigations. This resulted in us being able to make 19 arrests during the week for offences linked to violence including assaults, affray and knife crime, in the local policing area, in addition to the seven which formed part of this operation.”