Four shops in Torbay have been closed down for selling illegal vapes and counterfeit tobacco following an operation by police and partners. Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police have been working with Heart of the South West Trading Standards to...
Release date: 18/07/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information after a woman was assaulted near Padstow. Between 7.30pm and 9pm on Saturday 21 June, a woman was approached by a man wearing a red bucket hat in the area of Tregirls beach as she walked back in the direction...
Release date: 17/07/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following reports of an assault which took place near Bodmin Road, Plymouth. It was reported that at around 6pm on Wednesday 2 July, on Taunton Avenue, a man was walking his dog when a vehicle stopped and the...
Release date: 17/07/2025
Specialist officers are continuing to carry out a meticulous forensic examination of a large site in Sticker as part of an ongoing murder investigation. Detective Superintendent Kev Till said: “This is an extremely complex and unique investigation with ex...
Release date: 16/07/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a road traffic collision in South Brent on Tuesday 15 July. Emergency services were called at around 3.30pm to the B3372 at the junction with the A38 offslip at South Brent where it was reported tha...
Release date: 16/07/2025
A teenager has been sentenced to 15 months in a young offenders’ institution for entering a family home while its occupants slept and stealing a BMW, PlayStation 5 and other items. Alfie Curtis, 19, from Windermere Close in Exeter, was sentenced at Exeter...
Release date: 15/07/2025
Police have uncovered a stash of cocaine, MDMA and cannabis estimated to be worth over £4,000 at an address in St Columb Major [Cornwall]. On 30 June, a warrant was carried out under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act which resulted in a significant qu...
Release date: 15/07/2025
On Friday 11 July, officers from Okehampton responded to a concern for welfare at an address in Northlew. Police attended the scene and seized a quantity of cannabis and several weapons. A man in his forties was arrested on suspicion of possession with in...
Release date: 15/07/2025
A man has been charged following an alleged assault in Looe. Officers were called to the Fore Street area at around 00:35am on Sunday 13 July and located a man unconscious on the ground. The man was taken to hospital having suffered a serious head injury....
Release date: 14/07/2025
We are continuing to ask for the public’s help to trace the last movements of a man whose body was found in woodland between Truro and Probus on 1 July. Detectives investigating a suspected murder are appealing for anyone who saw 50-year-old Lee Hockey be...
Release date: 11/07/2025
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