Police in Liskeard recently took to the trains as part of their ongoing efforts to disrupt criminal activity linked to rail networks, including county lines. Officers from the local neighbourhood team carried out numerous high-visibility patrols on trains...
Release date: 16/03/2026
Cornwall-residents are invited to come along to a local event in their area to learn more about the world of policing and what it takes to join Devon & Cornwall Police. The series of five pop-up events will run across the county, offering people from ...
Release date: 16/03/2026
Six people have now been sentenced to a total of nearly 40 years in prison for flooding North Devon with Class A drugs worth millions of pounds. The investigation named Operation Haku involved an organised crime group with members in North Devon, West Yo...
Release date: 16/03/2026
We are investigating a road traffic collision on the A3072 between Holsworthy and Bude at the weekend and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called at 12.50pm on Saturday 14 March 2026, to a two-vehicle road traffic collision w...
Release date: 16/03/2026
A 22-year-old man from Wolverhampton, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to manslaughter at Exeter Crown Court, following the death of a man in Exmouth. Joseph Jones, 22, of Chillington Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton, admitted ...
Release date: 13/03/2026
A closure order has been issued to a residential property on Albert Street in Exeter, after the flat became a hotspot for anti-social behaviour; causing concerns for people living in neighbouring properties. On 11 March 2026, a full closure order was gran...
Release date: 13/03/2026
Almost a hundred people were arrested across the South West last week after police forces joined together to target illegal drugs and child criminal exploitation. Operation Scorpion brings together the five South West police forces; Avon and Somerse...
Release date: 13/03/2026
Staff and students at secondary schools in Newton Abbot and Ashburton had two special canine visitors this week and learned more about police dogs and their work in the community. Passive drugs dogs Jasper and Skye, along with their handlers ...
Release date: 11/03/2026
Police Firearms Amnesty success: potentially lethal weapons taken out of circulation A total of 58 top venting blank‑firer (TVBF) guns were handed in to police stations across Devon and Cornwall, during a Firearms Amnesty which took place across the count...
Release date: 11/03/2026
A senior officer with 20 years’ experience in policing has returned to neighbourhood policing; setting new priorities and leading local teams in North Devon. Last month, Inspector Joey Lester stepped into her new role as neighbourhood policing Inspector f...
Release date: 11/03/2026
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