Two members of an Exeter drug gang jailed in April for conspiracy to supply drugs have now been served with Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPO’s).
Bret Seldon (also known as Bret Burgess), aged 33, of Briar Crescent, Exeter, and Richard Armitage,also aged 33, of Week St Mary, Holsworthy, were both jailed for five years and three months on 28th April at Exeter Crown Court having been convicted of conspiracy to supply amphetamine.
The convictions followed a successful covert policing operation undertaken by Zephyr anti-crime unit and Devon and Cornwall Police.
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner has today (24th June) launched a campaign for fair funding in the fight against crime in the South West. Tony Hogg is challenging the Government to change the way cash is allocated to police forces across the country. He says Devon and Cornwall is systematically disadvantaged by a scandalous funding formula that favours big city police forces. “It is time to make the voice of the South West heard. London based civil servants need to understand the anger of the local population that receives less money for its policing and other important...
Police have arrested a man following an incident in East Devon where a schoolboy was approached by the driver of a van.
At around 8.30am on Wednesday 17 June a 13-year-old boy was approached by a man driving a white van, whilst walking to school, at Tipton Cross, on the Exmouth Road in West Hill.
The driver asked the boy if he wanted a lift and drove in front of him, before the boy ran off.
A local man, aged 25, was arrested this morning, Thursday 18 June, on the B3180 at Harps Lane in connection with this incident. He remains in custody at Heavitree Road police...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a child was seriously injured following a collision with a car in Crediton at the weekend.
The collision involving the boy, who was a pedestrian, and a blue Volkswagen Polo, happened at around 4.25pm on Saturday 13 June, on or close to the pedestrian crossing on East Street, near the junction with Church Street.
The boy was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, with serious leg injuries and minor head injuries.
He has been transferred to Bristol Children’s Hospital where he is described as being in a...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Axminster on Friday 12 June in which a man died.
At 2.30pm Dorset Ambulance Control informed police of a collision involving a car and lorry on the A35 at Raymond’s Hill on the Dorset-bound carriageway, close to the Devon and Dorset border.
Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police attended, along with highways, fire and ambulance crews.
The 78-year-old male driver of the blue Volkswagen Polo, from Poole, Dorset, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.
Police are trying to trace Chanelle Ford, a 23-year-old woman from Crowborough, who has been reported missing after not having spoken to her family since Wednesday 3 June.
This has been described as out-of-character and officers are keen to ensure that Chanelle, also known as Nell, is safe and well.
It is believed that she has travelled to Devon and Cornwall, and is with a friend. She may be driving a white and pink Citroen DS3 car, registration number GL14 YAA.
Chanelle is 5'6", slim, with long, straight, blonde hair and brown eyes. It is not known what clothes she...
Five people have been arrested following warrants executed in West London and Exeter.
On Tuesday 9 June, officers from Devon and Cornwall Police, assisted by officers from the Metropolitan Police, executed a number of warrants in relation to an ongoing investigation into organised crime groups from London using the vulnerable to sell Class-A drugs on the streets of Exeter.
Five people in total have been arrested on conspiracy to supply class-A drugs; three people from West London aged 18, 21 and 25.
A 37-year old woman and a 33-year old man both from Exeter have...
Police in Devon and Cornwall have welcomed a new report from the National Police Chief’s Council showing a nationwide reduction in the use of police custody cells as a place of safety for those suffering mental illness.
Historically, police cells have been used to house those people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The Government announced earlier this year that it would seek legislation to prohibit the use of police cells as a place of safety for under-18s and reduce the 72 maximum detention period for adults.
