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Plymouth Police have launched a week of action to target offenders and engage with the public in the city, waterfront and Stonehouse neighbourhoods.

Neighbourhood teams are running a series of operations under the umbrella name of Operation Vary from today until 16 February.

They will cover everything from antisocial behaviour, speeding, drug dealing, shoplifting, car crime...

Police are appealing for information after a house was burgled in Rogate Drive, Estover.

The burglary happened between 8.30pm on Friday 24 January and noon on Sunday 26 January.

It is unclear how the property was broken into but the offender(s) took a quantity of cash.

A police spokesperson said: “If you saw anyone acting suspiciously in this area over the weekend, or...

Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall continues to fall, new figures announced on Thursday, January 23, 2014, reveal.

Overall crime between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13 fell by 2.6 per cent – a reduction of 2,235 crimes.

The Force has continued to see reductions in dwelling burglary, (down 8.6 per cent), non-dwelling burglary, (down 11.7 per cent), and vehicle offences, (down 14...

Police in Plympton are appealing for help from the public after an 18-year-old man was seriously assaulted.

The incident took place at around 9.15pm on Wednesday 4 December 2013 outside the Ridgeway Service Station on Ridgeway.

A spokesman for Devon & Cornwall Police said: "The local victim entered the service station to buy a sandwich and as he left was assaulted by a...

A 22 year-old man from Plymouth was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Sunday morning.

The victim, a local 21 year-old man, was found by Police and Ambulance crews with stab wounds to his body and face in Victoria Road, St Budeaux after being called to the scene

The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to Derriford Hospital where he was treated for his...

Police are investigating a street robbery that took place on Inchkeith Road in the Southway area of Plymouth this week.

The incident took place around 2.15pm on Tuesday 19 November. A woman was allegedly approached from behind and a man grabbed £500 in cash from her coat pocket which had just been withdrawn from a nearby bank.

The woman was uninjured.

The suspect is...

Jon Curtis, 41, Mohammed Habib, 30, and Samson MacNab, 22, all from the city, were found guilty of conspiracy last week after a seven-week trial.

The men planned to manufacture and sell large quantities of ecstasy pills along with a fourth man known as ‘Mr T’ for legal reasons.

They were jailed for 10 years each, with Mr T due to be sentenced later

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Eight more people who supplied Class-A drugs to Plymouth have been sentenced today.

The gang who organised the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Liverpool were arrested as part of an investigation codenamed operation Rio by Devon and Cornwall Police.

Overall thirteen people have been convicted as part of the £1million a year...

Eight more people who supplied Class-A drugs to Plymouth have been sentenced today.

The gang who organised the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Liverpool were arrested as part of an investigation codenamed operation Rio by Devon and Cornwall Police.

Overall thirteen people have been convicted as part of the £1million a year...

Devon and Cornwall Police have warned that the hot weather may be leaving some residents vulnerable to opportunistic burglars.

Simple tips such as closing and locking windows and doors when you are away from the property, as well as being careful about the windows that are left open while still inside the property, could prevent you from becoming a victim of crime.

Bob Bunney,...