The 30-year-old man arrested on Wednesday 24 August in Somerset on suspicion of terrorism offences remains in custody.
Searches at an address in Exminster and a wooded area in south Devon are ongoing.
The man was arrested at 12:20pm by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15), supported by colleagues from Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.
Searches are now being conducted by the Metropolitan Police...
Police searches will continue in Exminster in connection with yesterday’s arrest of a 30-year-old man in Somerset on suspicion of terrorism offences.
A man was arrested at 12.20pm by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15), supported by colleagues from Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police, on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.
Searches are now being conducted by the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) and local uniform...
The two year old girl who was in hospital in Bristol having been swept into the sea at Newquay on Friday 19th August sadly died last night. Police have named her as Mckayla Bruynius.
The man who also died as a result of the incident has been named by police as Rudy Bruynius, Mckayla's father. His wife and Mckayla’s mother, Lisinda Bruynius, has made the following statement:
“Rudy was a loving, caring and supportive husband, father and friend. He had a great sense of humour and was an active person. He always put other people first. Mckayla was a busy bee and always happy...
A man has been jailed following a fatal coach crash in Looe in 2014 that left two passengers dead and a number of others injured.
Martin Chun, aged 60 from Whitestone, Devon has today been found guilty of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, and four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Truro Crown Court (Monday 22nd August).
On Tuesday the 13th May 2014 on the A387 at Morval near Looe, Chun was driving a coach which collided with a hedgerow. As a result of the collision, passengers Margaret Luxton, aged 59 and Carol Muldoon, aged 68, lost...
A team of search officers are continuing their efforts to trace missing woman Gergana Prodanova.
Following her disappearance and the subsequent launch of a murder investigation an extensive operation utilising specialist police teams has been carried out in Exeter.
Around 30 officers are currently conducting house-to-house enquiries and police are particularly keen for landlords and tenants in the Mount Pleasant area of the city to search their gardens, outbuildings and allotments as the hunt for Gergana intensifies.
The force has also used the police helicopter and...
Summer drink and drug driving campaign results suggest that if you offend in Devon and Cornwall you’re twice as likely to get caught compared to the national average.
Figures from the recent summer drink and drug driving campaign show that in Devon and Cornwall the percentage of drivers tested that were positive, failed or refused a reading is just over twice the national average in almost all measures, with an average of around 21% compared to 10% nationally.
Devon and Cornwall Police take an intelligence-led approach to tackling drink and drug driving. The results suggest...
Officers from the serious collision investigation team are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision on the A3079 near Thorndon Cross, Okehampton.
The incident happened at 8.35am on Saturday 13th August 2016 and involved a grey Ford Focus and a red Peugeot 206.
A 25 year old local woman who was the front seat passenger in the Ford suffered serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene
The woman driving the Ford was taken to hospital by ambulance.
The Ford was travelling west away from Okehampton and the Peugeot was heading in the...
Police are investigating an allegation of assault on two men with learning disabilities and their male carer in Tiverton.
The assault took place in People’s Park between 2.30-3pm on Wednesday 3rd August and it is believed that this was witnessed by several members of the public.
It’s alleged that a group of teenagers who had been in the park made a number of offensive comments towards the men with learning disabilities.
This then escalated and one of the vulnerable men and his 37-year-old carer were assaulted. The 51-year-old vulnerable man sustained a cut to his...
Devon and Cornwall Police have made an urgent appeal to the public to help them trace the movements and whereabouts of a 38-year-old Bulgarian woman.
Gergana Prodonova was reported missing on Monday 8th August after she has failed to turn up for work shifts over the weekend. She was last seen at a food store in Sidwell Street in Exeter at around 8pm on Thursday 4th August.
Gergana is 38 years old and is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, of slim build with long black hair.
She may have been wearing a three quarter length beige coat.
