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Police are warning residents to beware as fraudsters continue to target communities by telephone, particularly elderly and vulnerable people.

Three further incidents of telephone fraud have been reported in the Honiton and Crediton areas of Devon and St Agnes in Cornwall, totalling £138,000.

Fraudsters contact victims by telephone informing them that their accounts have been...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has today (Thursday 20 November) published the findings of a review, undertaken by his office, into Devon and Cornwall’s Police 101 non-emergency service.

The main findings of the report are:

• Calls are answered promptly at the switchboard and within times that are consistent with other forces, or equivalent non-emergency contact...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a callous burglary at the British Red Cross shop on Plymstock Broadway.

An offender entered the shop around 1.20am on Sunday 9 November and stole a quantity of cash from the safe.

Detectives are seeking information about a man who was seen in the Horncross Road area and the rear service lane of the Broadway between 1am and 2am on the...

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is taking a national lead in the battle to cut alcohol related crime and harm, which is estimated to cost the country £11 billion annually.

Mr Hogg will chair a national PCC group which has a clear vision to reduce alcohol misuse and the associated huge cost for policing and health. It will focus on changing attitudes,...

Zephyr, the south west’s regional organised crime unit, has made arrests in Scotland as part of its ongoing probe into courier fraud.

Detectives from Zephyr were joined by officers from Police Scotland to execute search warrants on properties in the Castlemilk and Crosshill areas of the city of Glasgow.

They are the first arrests made north of the border and follow arrests...

Police are trying to trace a witness who may be able to assist police after a woman was assaulted in Plymouth.

Two men were following two women from the St Andrews Cross post office, towards the subway to Bretonside bus station between 00.10am and 00.30am on Sunday 12 October when one of the men made a racist comment about the women.

The men were challenged by the women and the...

Two PCSOs have been praised by paramedics after saving a man’s life in Devonport on Wednesday (12 November).

PCSO Sam Blake and PCSO Sam Welch were flagged down by a member of public on Charlotte Street at around 3.15pm after a 56-year-old man had collapsed and was laying unconscious in the Morice Town Convenience Store.

While running to the store, the officers radioed for...

Detectives have launched an investigation following the sudden death of an elderly man in Plymouth.

Officers were called to a property in Telegraph Wharf, Stonehouse, just after 8pm on Sunday 9 November.

A 74-year-old man was found deceased at the address and police are treating the death as unexplained.

A 49-year-old Plymouth man was arrested at the scene on...

British Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for the public’s help to identify a woman they would like to speak to in connection with the theft of a purse.

Officers believe the woman in these photographs will have information which can assist the investigation into the incident which took place in the Pumpkin Cafe at Plymouth railway station on Monday, 6 October 2014.

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Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following two linked robberies which occurred early yeseterday morning, Wednesday 5 November.

The first robbery occurred around 6.15am at the Muldowney Newsagents in Ridgeway, Plympton.

The offender entered the shop and demanding money. However the male member of staff challenged him, grappling with him and the offender left...