Family in £200k car crime plot are being sentenced - live...
Sentencing has begun of a criminal gang at the centre of a massive conspiracy to steal Land Rovers and agricultural machinery from farms all over Devon and Cornwall.Daniel Small, 60, from Plymouth,...
View ArticleMan arrested after police find £40,000 worth of 'bubble'
A man was arrested by police after officers discovered nearly £40,000 worth of mephadrone – a former legal high more commonly known as "bubble".Investigators say they intercepted a package destined for...
View ArticleThree arrested as police discover huge stash of drugs worth...
Two men and a woman were arrested by police who searched a number of city addresses and uncovered about £80,000 of heroin. In an operation which saw the involvement of Plymouth police's Core Tasking...
View ArticleWoman arrested after police raided a house in Whitleigh
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of supplying crack cocaine following a drugs raid at a Whitleigh flat.Shortly after 9am today officers in protective gear used a battering ram to enter a property...
View ArticleThese are the 29 targets hit by the notorious Small clan
A gang of farm raiders from Plymouth have been jailed for more than 16 years after a Judge told them they had been a plague on the hard-pressed rural community. Daniel Small and his two sons operated...
View ArticleSerial Plymouth shoplifter caught with FOUR different drugs on...
A serial shoplifter has been jailed for trying to smuggle drugs into Exeter Prison after he was sent to jail.Lee Borda knew a jail sentence was inevitable when he appeared at Plymouth Crown Court and...
View ArticleThug caught on video threatening pregnant teenager with a gun is...
A thug jailed for pointing a gun at a pregnant teenager has been sent back to prison for a spree of crimes – including spitting in the face of a police officer. Alex Warren-Lean, aged 23, also burgled...
View ArticleThe legal drink-drive limit could soon be almost halved
WATCH ABOVE: The first ever drink-drive campaign video, from 1964, shows how much attitudes have changedThe legal drink-drive limit should be lowered in England and Wales to cut alcohol-related...
View ArticleHow a man walking his dog uncovered a major Plymouth crime gang
An off-duty detective's sharp eye helped put the final jigsaw piece together to bring down a complex family-run theft ring which spanned two counties, targeted dozens of farms and small business and...
View ArticleWatch as drugs enforcer leads fire bomb raid on Plymouth home
This is the terrifying moment a firebomb exploded as a heroin addict led an arson attack on a house as part of a drug feud. Violent thug Luke Geoghegan, aged 28, is caught on CCTV hurling a hammer to...
View ArticleWorld record sailor to appear in court charged with fraud
A world record-holding yachtsman from Plymouth who has sailed with some of of the sport's top names is to face a string of fraud charged in court.Peter Berry, who has also gone by the name John Keady,...
View ArticleWanted: This drug dealer is on the run and if you see him you...
A convicted drug dealer with links to the Plymouth area is being hunted by police after going AWOL from prison.Steven Forster, aged 35, was jailed for 27 months in October 2015 at Truro Crown Court for...
View ArticleBrave homeowner manages to take a photo of suspected burglar...
A suspected burglar has been arrested after he allegedly threatened a homeowner with a pair of scissors.Investigators say a resident in Buckfast Close, Weston Mill arrived home at 1.45pm on Friday to...
View ArticleLegal loophole means grooming children online is STILL not a...
A children's charity claims a flaw in the law means that while cases of groomers meeting children has tripled, grooming children is still not a crime.The NSPCC has called upon the government to fix the...
View ArticleThieves take statue worth over £4,000 in art gallery...
Thieves have broken into an art gallery in Devon and stolen a very distinctive statue worth over £4,000. Artizan art gallery, on Lucius Street, Torquay, was broken into in the early hours of Saturday...
View ArticleTwo arrested after body of woman found in street
Investigators say they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a woman whose body was reportedly found lying in the street on Friday morning.Cordons remained in place around the scene...
View ArticleYobs attack mum and child with glass bottles outside Toys R Us
A worried mum has sent an urgent warning to parents after she was pelted with glass bottles and cans as she made her way into a city toy store. Helen Mckinley was walking into Toys R Us with her...
View ArticleMum and child attacked by bottle-throwing yobs outside Toys R Us
A worried mum has sent an urgent warning to parents after she was pelted with glass bottles and cans as she made her way into a city toy store. Helen Mckinley was walking into Toys R Us with her...
View ArticleThese people have all been in trouble with Plymouth magistrates...
ASSAULT:ROBERT FARR, aged 36, of Wyndham Square, Plymouth: assaulting a female by beating – 12-month community order with probation's thinking skills course, ordered to pay £100 compensation.SAM LAYER,...
View ArticleCocaine dealer caught with drugs in a safe at block of flats in...
A man caught dealing cocaine is to be assessed for a court order to treat his drug problem.David Greig, aged 44, was holding cocaine in his safe for others to sell in the street, Plymouth Crown Court...
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