• Boat stolen - from Winkleigh!

  By Richard_Penny

  I suggest you contact the police, 'parlourking', as I quoted the information and the crime reference...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 10:16 on 11/07/11

  

  Police are investigating one of the area's more bizarre crimes after a 21 foot boat was stolen - along with its trailer - from a farm near Winkleigh sometime on Saturday/Sunday night (9th/10th July). After brief investigation online, it would appear that the boat in question was no rowing boat for village pond use, but a  seriously fast piece of highly-desirable nautical kit. The photo above may be of a similar craft. The...

• 15 kilos of cannabis found at Launceston drug factory

  By TigerO

  Because 6 million people use it ILLEGALLY does not constitute automatic exemption from Medicinal...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 11:10 on 13/04/11

  

  With drugs taking an apparently lower profile in Okehampton recently, it was worrying to hear of a police find just over the Cornish border. Officers swooped on a house near near Launceston at around midday yesterday (Tuesday)  and discovered an extensive cannabis factory.   They were acting on a report from a member of the public regarding suspicious activity in an isolated house near North Hill. The witness described two...

• Okehampton police available to help and advise...

  By pobox112

  Of concern is the money making 0845 number Devon & Cornwall Police use. Many in Okehampton will...

            

   

  By WalterShort at 12:16 on 02/02/11

  

  After yesterday's launch of the new police website, allowing you to see exactly what crime has taken place on your street **, our local force are offering their help... not on line, but in person! From Monday, February 7th, Okehampton's neighbourhood police team will be resuming their regular drop-in sessions for residents at West Devon Borough Council's Customer Service Centre in St James Street.   Officers from the team will...

• Police warn farmers after barn thefts

  By nicismeg

  I thought that grit is there to be used as needed by local people. it is to be used for public...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 14:44 on 09/12/10

  

  Police are urging agricultural premises to be alert following a spate of thefts. Barns were entered at a farm near Lewdown and a number of items was stolen. Items included 6 Binatone 'Terrain 650' two way radios. They are black with a silver surround to the LCD display. Also stolen were two Stihl chain saws. One is model MS21 with a short blade (12 to 15 inches long) and may have the letters 'SW' scored into it...

• Rare breed sheep stolen from Dartmoor - have any local farmers seen them?

  By Richard_Penny

  Farmers beware - these sheep thefts are still going on... here's the latest from the police:...

            

   

  By Richard_Penny at 23:00 on 18/10/10

  

  Police in Tavistock are appealing for assistance from the public following a large scale theft of sheep on Dartmoor. Some three hundred and seventy sheep have been stolen from the Long Plantation, located at Holmingbeam near Princetown since March of this year. The sheep are unusual enough that the general public may well have seen them being loaded into lorries as it would have taken a considerable amount of time to complete this. ...

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