Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal returns to U&Dave

The UKTV original returns to screens this weekend…

A new second series of this gritty behind-the-scenes docu-series follows the investigative work of UK police forces cracking the toughest of cases, from cyber heists, romance fraud and people trafficking to drugs rings and murder.

Filming with numerous task forces across the country, Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal reveals the real, lived experience of the police officers involved, through exclusive interviews, archive, CCTV and body cam footage.

In the first episode of the three-part series, Operation Safeguard, sees Dorset Police uncover an international gang posing as couriers to scam vulnerable pensioners of thousands of pounds. A nationwide investigation begins to hunt them down.

The Dorset Criminal Investigation Department are called to investigate a gang who have scammed a 71-year-old pensioner out of thousands of pounds worth of savings.

What they discover turns a one off scam into a major international investigation trying to apprehend a gang of organised criminals who are preying on pensioners all over the UK

Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal, Sunday 13 April, 7pm – U&Dave
Box Set – Stream all episodes from S1 on U here