TEN people from north Essex have been arrested for a number of serious offences - including one in connection with two firebomb attacks on police officers homes.

TEN people from north Essex have been arrested for a number of serious offences - including one in connection with two firebomb attacks on police officers homes.

Police executed warrants on 12 addresses in Essex and east London early yesterdaymorning.

Those arrested were a 41-year-old man from Holland on Sea on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, money laundering, conspiracy to defraud and witness intimidation; a 50-year-old man from Colchester on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice; a 55-year-old man from Clacton-on-Sea on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice; a 32-year-old woman from Holland-on-Sea on suspicion of money laundering; a 36-year-old man from Holland-on-Sea on suspicion of money laundering; a-22-year-old man from Clacton on suspicion of money laundering; a 48-year-old man from Clacton on suspicion of money laundering; a 43-year-old man from Frinton-on-Sea on suspicion of money laundering; a 51-year-old man from Frinton-on-Sea on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud; a 43-year-old woman from Frinton-on-Sea on suspicion of Cannabis cultivation.

All are being held at various police stations in Essex and London.

The firebomb attacks happened at the homes of two police officers in 2006 at addresses in Clacton and Holland-on-Sea. Two men were found guilty in March 2007 of arson with intent to endanger life and were jailed for a total of 30 years following a trial at Ipswich Crown Court.