The supply and sale of drugs has a negative impact on the livelihoods and safety in communities; it remains a key concern for local people in the city of Plymouth. In response to the problem, neighbourhood police officers in the area have put things in pl...
Release date: 10/03/2025
Police in Teignbridge recently uncovered a cannabis grow following reports from the local community. On Monday 3 March 2025, local neighbourhood police officers seized and destroyed a total of eight cannabis plants along with growing equipment found at a ...
Release date: 06/03/2025
Exeter’s Community Safety Team have been granted limited policing powers through the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS). Introduced last year through collective investment by Exeter City Council and InExeter, the team are supported by additional...
Release date: 04/03/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police have successfully arrested and charged an individual from Dawlish for 14 shoplifting offences and an assault on a police officer, securing a twenty-four week prison sentence. Ross Norman, aged 32, of Carlton Terrace (Dawlish) w...
Release date: 24/02/2025
A warm welcome to Inspector Mat Helm who recently joined the police team at Exmouth Sector and is already a familiar face to many in the area. He began his new role three weeks ago but previously spent much of his police career working in Exm...
Release date: 21/02/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police recently worked alongside British Transport Police (BTP) in a bid to target individuals using rail networks to transport drugs. The operation took place in Torquay and involved a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes pol...
Release date: 20/02/2025
A push to make roads safer in Plymouth has led to multiple arrests, drug seizures and cautions. An operation on Wednesday 12 February, involved police officers setting up vehicle stop-check points in the Stonehouse area. There were two aims of the operati...
Release date: 19/02/2025
Special Constables from Devon and Cornwall Police Roads Policing Team have launched an operation to crack down on the illegal use of electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPCs/E-bikes). Operation Forerunner comes in response to significant concerns from re...
Release date: 19/02/2025
£7,500 worth of suspected illegal tobacco, cigarettes and vapes were seized from a shop in Newton Abbot as part of a joint operation with Trading Standards and Devon & Cornwall Police. The operation hauled in illicit tobacco products, including a tota...
Release date: 19/02/2025
Closure orders have been granted on two properties in Kingsteignton following reports of ongoing nuisance behaviour which was causing concerns within the local community. Police received reports from the public in relation to suspected drug misuse at the ...
Release date: 17/02/2025
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