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Police in Plymouth have issued CCTV images of a suspect they wish to identify following a attempted high-value fraud.

On Tuesday 4 March the suspect managed to have all incoming calls to a large Plymouth-based company diverted to another number.

He did so by contacting the company’s telephone provider and masquerading as the company’s managing director. Shortly after the divert...

Police are urging anyone who finds some small bottles left at a bus stop in Plymouth to hand them in.

Three 100ml bottles of methadone were left at the bus stop at the end of Wolseley Road, by the Tesco Extra store, on Tuesday 18 March between 2.30pm and 4pm.

A police spokesperson said: “A woman left the bottles at the bus stop by mistake and when she went back to get them,...

Police have taken part in a series of action days as the force continues to clamp down on metal theft across the region.

Over three days in February officers, along with colleagues from partner agencies, staged action days as part of Operation Tornado.

Launched in 2012 by Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Op Tornado was set up to reduce metal theft, which nationally...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a series of suspected linked indecent exposures.

The incidents in the main have occurred in the Manadon area of the City.

The first incident occurred in October last year on Tuesday 29 October at around 1.20pm when a man exposed himself to a woman whilst walking across the bridge at the Manadon roundabout.

The...

Sergeant Owen Messenger from Devon and Cornwall Police is urging drivers and cyclists to ‘think safe’ when using the county’s roads.

Since the start of the year, there have been five incidents involving pedal cycles; all of which were serious. Last year alone, there were 77 casualties involving a pedal cycle, compared to 60 in 2012. Of these, five resulted in the deaths of the rider...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses and information following a robbery in the City.

The incident occurred between 10.45pm and 11pm on Wednesday 12 March in the Crownhill area of Plymouth.

The victim, a woman, aged in her 30s got off a bus at the Little Dock bus stop on Crownhill Road and walked towards Higher St Budeaux. She crossed over the road and walked...

Plymouth police are investigating after two motorcycles belonging to the same owner were targeted by an arsonist.

The first incident happened overnight on 20/21 February when a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was set alight in Miles Mitchell Avenue, Eggbuckland. The green and white bike, valued at £5,749, was totally destroyed by the fire.

In the early hours of Monday (10 March)...

Police are appealing for information to try and locate a 22-year-old man from Plymouth who is wanted by police.

Ben Mumford (pictured) is sought for recall to prison.

Mumford is described as 5’ 7” tall with brown hair. He has a scar over his right eye and a tattoo of the letter “G” on his left hand.

Police ask that if anyone sees this man or may know his current...

Police are appealing for witnesses after two vehicles were involved in a serious traffic collision on Forder Valley Road, Longbridge, Plymouth, on Monday 10 March.

The collision involved a black Mercedes and white Ford Transit van and took place at 4.20pm at the Leigham roundabout end of Forder Valley Road.

Police, fire service and ambulance crews attended the scene....

Police are appealing for witnesses to a domestic incident in Plymouth city centre on Wednesday 5 March.

At around midday, a man in his early 20s approached a woman with a young child and started shouting at her.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen the incident in New George Street.

A 21-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of a causing...