Police have arrested one person in connection with a rape during a day of action in Harrogate.
Operation Tornado took place in the town over the last 24 hours.
Described as an “intensification” of police action, it also resulted in the arrests of two suspected burglars and one suspected drug dealer.
Thousands of pounds worth of counterfeit tobacco and vapes were also seized.
And police carried joint visits with immigration officials to specific businesses, which “recovered an offensive weapon from one location”.
Inspector Greg Davies of Harrogate Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “You could say this was all in a day’s work. But police officers do these things every day of the year.
“So while yesterday’s Operation Tornado has been highly effective, it isn’t just a ‘one-and-done’.
“It builds on the policing we do 365 days a year by allowing us to intensify our resources in a specific area and on specific things that communities are telling us they want us to tackle.
“In other words, we listen to people’s concerns, we maximise our resources in a specific area then we respond with full impact.”
North Yorkshire Police does Operation Tornado deployments each month in different areas of the county.
The force says it is “always prioritising the things that matter to communities and hitting criminality hard”.
