Okehampton Police have been working with the local community in a bid to raise funds to rejuvenate a local skatepark. The Okehampton Skate Jam event was held at the skatepark on Beare Bridge Road on Saturday 17 May, attracting local families and competito...
Release date: 21/05/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police have successfully arrested and charged a man from Penzance for a number of shoplifting offences, securing a seventy-three-week prison sentence. Freddie Clow, aged 26, of no fixed abode, was sentenced on Tuesday 13 May at Truro ...
Release date: 21/05/2025
Our officers carried out a proactive warrant at an address in Truro, seizing a quantity of suspected class A drugs from the property. Following community concerns about the address and reports of information about suspected drug dealing, evidence was gath...
Release date: 15/05/2025
Our officers have been praised for helping to save the life of a man who had been trapped under a fallen tree for 12 hours in a remote forest in Cornwall. An extensive search operation was launched across the countryside when the man, aged in his 70s, was...
Release date: 14/05/2025
Police in Exeter have been targeting e-bikes being used dangerously or illegally in the city as part of a crackdown on organised crime. On Saturday 10 May, Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police carried out a Project Servator deployment, targeting ille...
Release date: 13/05/2025
Police officers conducted a coordinated operation in Hayle to target people engaging in antisocial behaviour, resulting in an arrest and the disruption of a planned large scale beach party involving young people under the age of 18. “Antisocial behaviour ...
Release date: 09/05/2025
In a bid to protect and deter young people from using illegal drugs, Devon & Cornwall Police visited St Austell College and Fowey School with a passive drugs dog to educate students. During the visit, which took place on Tuesday 30 April, police ran a...
Release date: 06/05/2025
Devon and Cornwall Police have been successful in obtaining a closure order on a property in Kingsteignton following reports from the community of drug dealing and antisocial behaviour. On Wednesday 30 April, the Force obtained a three-month partial closu...
Release date: 02/05/2025
Our officers in Newquay are working closely with licensed premises to keep people safe during the evenings and late nights. As the busy summer months approach, the local neighbourhood police team have been stepping up their activity in a bid to deter offe...
Release date: 02/05/2025
Two drivers arrested, three vehicles seized and a stolen vehicle recovered; all in a day of action as part of Devon and Cornwall Police’s efforts to keep roads in South Devon safe. The road operation, which took place in Teignbridge, saw marked and unmark...
Release date: 01/05/2025
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