# Operation Crucible

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This article is about the police operation to recover stolen metal. For the World War II German operation conducted in December 1940, see [Sheffield Blitz](/source/Sheffield_Blitz).

**Operation Crucible** is a police-led, multi-agency investigation into the [organised theft and unlawful trade of metal in England and Wales](/source/Metal_theft_in_the_United_Kingdom).[1]

## Agencies

Involved agencies include:[2]

- [British Transport Police](/source/British_Transport_Police)
- [Metropolitan Police](/source/Metropolitan_Police)
- [Hertfordshire Constabulary](/source/Hertfordshire_Constabulary)
- [Norfolk Constabulary](/source/Norfolk_Constabulary)
- [Suffolk Constabulary](/source/Suffolk_Constabulary)
- [Northamptonshire Police](/source/Northamptonshire_Police)
- [Leicestershire Police](/source/Leicestershire_Police)
- [Essex Police](/source/Essex_Police)
- [Cambridgeshire Constabulary](/source/Cambridgeshire_Constabulary)
- [UK Border Agency](/source/UK_Border_Agency)
- [Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs](/source/HM_Revenue_and_Customs)
- [Trading Standards](/source/Trading_Standards)
- [Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England](/source/Historic_England)

## See also

- [Operation Icarus](/source/Operation_Icarus) - Police investigation into the organised theft and black market trade of religious and church artefacts in England and Wales

## References

1. ["Heritage experts join police for metal theft crackdown"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37324493). *[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)*. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

1. ["Operation Crucible – Police and heritage experts coordinate action against metal thieves for first time"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160915134258/http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/operation_crucible.aspx). *[British Transport Police](/source/British_Transport_Police)*. 9 September 2016. Archived from [the original](http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/operation_crucible.aspx) on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

## External links

- ["British Transport Police: The fight against thieves targeting cultural heritage"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pu3rjzbLXM). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 9 September 2016. [Chief Constable](/source/Chief_Constable) Paul Crowther, the National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Heritage Crime, outlining Operation Crucible. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

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