Operation Conifer spent £1,066,722 by mid-February, a Freedom of Information request by The Sun on Sunday reveals.

It includes £900,000 on cop salaries, £32,000 on accommodation and £22,000 on vehicle hire.

A total of £11,022 went on public transport and £1,029 on accident repair.

Reported by The Sun. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.