Police officers in Devonport have achieved a number of positive outcomes as part of their recent effort to drive down crime affecting the livelihoods of local people. Recent police activity in Devonport has had a focus on shoplifting, police visibility an...
Release date: 11/03/2025
A property in Torquay has been served a closure order after reports from the public of persistent antisocial behaviour (ASB) inside and outside the address. The Devon & Cornwall Police legal team worked to secure the full closure order, which was gran...
Release date: 10/03/2025
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 are seeking the public’s help to identify this man following a theft in Torquay. On the morning of Wednesday 22 January alloy wheels worth around £800 were stolen from a driveway in Danvers Road, Torquay. Officers investigating the theft believe th...
Release date: 07/03/2025
Between 17 and 23 February, police forces across the South West carried out a major crackdown on large-scale cannabis cultivation. During this time there were 32 property searches (warrants), 36 people were arrested and 2,240 cannabis plants were discover...
Release date: 07/03/2025
A man has been charged in connection with a serious assault in Plymouth. Officers were called to a property on Lipson Road at around 3.55am on Friday 21 February following reports of a disturbance. A man in his 30s was injured and remains in a serious con...
Release date: 07/03/2025
Police are continuing to seek the public’s help to trace a 30-year-old man from Plymouth and have now published a more recent image. Tyler Evans is wanted on recall to prison after originally being convicted of GBH. Enquiries have been made by police to l...
Release date: 07/03/2025
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
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary at a jewellery shop in Barnstaple. The break-in took place at a shop on Boutport Street at around 6.45pm on Wednesday 5 March. It is believed the burglary was carried out by one male ...
Release date: 06/03/2025
A sex offender has been jailed after being convicted of the sexual abuse of a child in Ivybridge. Samuel Netley, 32, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court recently after pleading guilty mid-trial to four counts of sexual activity with a child and breach o...
Release date: 05/03/2025
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