Officers investigating a series of indecent exposures in the Falmouth and Helston areas have made an arrest. Between May and December 2025 police received eight reports of a male exposing himself to women out walking or running. The incidents have taken p...
Release date: 11/12/2025
Police in Penzance are investigating following a series of arsons in the town. Officers have received reports of a number of bin fires recently, with several having taken place around the train and bus station area. The fires are believed to have been sta...
Release date: 11/12/2025
A driver whose failure to properly secure a drilling rig onto a trailer resulted in the death of a 34-year-old woman has been jailed for five years and four months. Liam Smith, 35, from Roselidden Park in Helston, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentenc...
Release date: 10/12/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious assault in Tavistock. The incident took place in Deer Park Lane shortly before 3am on Sunday 7 December. It was reported that following a short verbal exchange, the victim was attack...
Release date: 09/12/2025
We are investigating a road traffic collision in which a woman in her 80s sustained serious injuries in Totnes and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called at around 2pm on Monday 8 December to a report of a collision involvin...
Release date: 09/12/2025
Police and Trading Standards have closed yet another business for selling illegal tobacco – despite repeated warnings and dramatic attempts to escape with contraband. On Wednesday 26 November, District Judge Smith at Exeter Magistrates’ Court granted a th...
Release date: 07/12/2025
Two men who carried out a brutal broad daylight attack using metal bars and a taser in front of horrified onlookers have been jailed. Nikita Trembath, 32, of Permarin Road, Penryn, and Matthew Cunningham, 41, of Hilgrove Road, Newquay, appeared for senten...
Release date: 05/12/2025
A recent police exercise saw officers team up with British Transport Police (BTP) to sniff out drugs and disrupt county lines activity on the transport network. The focus was on deterring organised crime groups from transporting illegal substances into sm...
Release date: 05/12/2025
More than 100 arrests made during coordinated week of police activity targeting drug supply across the South West Operation Scorpion 13 ran from 24 – 30 November 2025 More than a hundred people have been arrested across the South West after police forces ...
Release date: 03/12/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police have introduced a new system which marks a huge step forward in the way the Force handles digital media evidence like videos from CCTV cameras. NiCE Investigate is used by 24 police forces in the UK and many more worldwide. Off...
Release date: 03/12/2025
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