Epsom Derby: Police make 10 arrests

A complete of 10 folks have been arrested throughout the Epsom Derby pageant weekend, in response to Surrey Police.

Eight males and two boys aged between 15 and 65 from London, Surrey and East Sussex have been arrested.

Offences included drunk and disorderly, affray, assault on emergency staff, possession of Class A medicine and sexual assault.

The 245th annual two-day occasion passed off at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Friday and Saturday.

This 12 months’s pageant marked the twenty fifth large-scale policing operation on the occasion for Surrey Police.

The power stated quite a lot of “specialist groups” have been concerned and praised the success of the operation.

The King and Queen attended and watched their horse “Treasure” end eleventh within the Oaks on Girls Day.

Following the occasion, Ch Supt Graham Barnett stated: “No two years are the identical, however yearly our groups work tirelessly to make it possible for we’re stopping and responding to crime and anti-social behaviour.”

He added that he was “pleased with, and wish to thank, each officer, member of employees and volunteer” concerned in working to guard the general public.