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07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency was front for multi million pound drugs gang](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Police and agents must work to stop Sex For Rent scandal](/upload/images/shutterstock_1585338316.jpg)
Propertymark has made a strident set of demands of the government in a bid to end the so-called Sex For Rent...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents jailed for role in multi-million-pounds drugs crimes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tragic case of agent who stole cash to clear son’s drug debt](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss threatened team with violence - gets suspended sentence](/upload/images/library/CourtCase-400x310.png)
The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Police tips for agents on how to smoke out cannabis farms](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
!['Drugs, booby-traps and rentals' – an expanding issue for agents?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Police bust major £400,000 drugs racket run by rogue landlord](/img/default/lat.png)
West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis alert for private rental sector as electricity thefts surge](/img/default/lat.png)
New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![What is the risk?](/img/default/lat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Consultation shows strong support for lettings sector 'banning orders'](/img/default/lat.png)
Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Drug dealer's business seized after letting agent tips off police](/img/default/lat.png)
Police officers have seized well over £6,000 worth of cannabis and drug manufacturing equipment after being tipped off by a letting...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents ran £2m drugs factory in properties they managed](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency in south London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...