theft

Jewellery taken in Plymstock burglary

Police are seeking information after £2,700 worth of jewellery was stolen during a burglary at a Plymstock home.

The owners discovered their home in Howard Road had been burgled when they returned on Monday morning from a weekend break.

Offenders had forced a window to get into the property sometime between 3pm on Friday 3 July and 11am on Monday 6 July.

They made an...

Powerboat vandalised in engine theft

Police are seeking thieves who ransacked a powerboat in Plymstock and stole its rare outboard engine.

Offenders entered Plymouth Marine Centre in Pomphlett Road overnight on 7/8 April by cutting through the mesh fence.

Once inside they targeted the Gobbi 19 Limited Edition powerboat moored just outside the marina, stealing the engine and causing extensive damage.

They...

Four arrested after attempted cash machine theft

Four people were arrested following the attempted theft of a cash machine from Costcutters on Fleet Street on Thursday morning (9th April).

The four arrived at the Costcutters on Fleet Street, Keyham Plymouth at around 6.25am in a large white Mercedes box van and pulled the stand alone cash machine from the building.

They then attempted unsuccessfully to load the cash machine...

Electric guitar stolen from van in Plymouth

Police are appealing for information after a distinctive electric guitar was stolen from a van in the Mutley area of Plymouth.

The black and white Danelectro 12-string guitar was stolen, along with a red-striped guitar case and bag of tools, from a white Vauxhall van parked in Seaton Avenue, sometime between 5.30am and 6.30am on Tuesday 24 March.

Detective Sergeant Giles Bedson...

Police appeal after Plymouth shop theft

Police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man and woman who are sought after two pairs of sunglasses were taken from a Plymouth city centre store.

Officers would like to speak to them in connection with the theft of the sunglasses, valued at a total of £635.

The sunglasses are believed to have been taken from the Sunglass Hut in Drake Circus at around 11.45am...

Two men sentenced for courier fraud

Two men were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 10 March) for defrauding vulnerable people out of over £88,000.

Rahim Choudhury and Abdul Shafee, both 19, of Quaker Street, London, were sentenced to 38 months and 15 months in prison, respectively.

In early January 2015, Rahim Choudhury (pictured right) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud offences where...

Do you recognise this motorbike?

Police are investigating a burglary at Lister close in Plympton that took place sometime between 4pm on Thursday 5th March 2015 and 11.20pm on Sunday 6th March.

A Suzuki DRZ 400 motorbike in yellow, registration X407 HBC was stolen from inside a locked unit.

If anyone has any information or is a witness to this incident please contact Devon and Cornwall Police quoting crime...

CCTV appeal after pub handbag theft

Plymouth detectives would like to hear from anyone who knows the identity or whereabouts of either of the two men pictured in CCTV stills.

Officers would like to talk to them about a handbag theft that took place at around 1.30am in the Two Trees pub on Union Street on Sunday 1st February.

The handbag is described as a black, clutch-style bag which contained some bank notes, a...

TV and Xbox taken in Plymouth burglary

Detectives are appealing for information after a TV and Xbox were stolen from a Plymouth community centre.

The Woodfield Community Resource Centre was broken into sometime between 4.15pm on Friday 6 February and 4.30am on Monday 9 February.

A flat screen Samsung 47 inch black TV was stolen, along with an Xbox 360 games console, controllers and an Xbox Kinect device.

The...

Appeal to identify bogus charity collectors

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information to identify two bogus charity collectors.

On Sunday 17th August at the Plymouth Mega Ride Event on the Hoe Promenade, two women were witnessed aggressively collecting money allegedly on behalf of the MacMillan Charity. The two women were seen collecting money from the public on the Hoe Promenade from 12.30pm onwards, and drew attention...

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