Police are increasingly concerned about highly-dangerous cable thefts in and around Ivybridge and south Dartmoor.
Live National Grid power cables and other parts of the infrastructure are being cut from pylons with angle grinders, leaving extremely dangerous high-voltage ends behind.
Police are currently investigating a total of six incidents.
Police have issued a renewed witness appeal for a serious collision in Dolton, Devon, on Christmas Eve, which left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries.
The collision happened in Fore Street and involved a grey Land Rover and a pedestrian at about 11.50pm.
The pedestrian, a 23-year-old man from the Teignmouth area, remains in hospital.
Police in Bideford, North Devon, have launched a new initiative to tackle shoplifting in the town, as well as the associated problem of handling stolen goods.
Neighbourhood Beat Sergeant Glyn Clark and his team are working with local retail bosses to reduce levels of shoplifting in the run up to Christmas and beyond.
He is encouraging store managers to work more closely with...
Police investigating a report of serious sexual assault on a woman in Barnstaple on Friday 16 December are trying to trace a taxi driver as a witness, who may have important information.
Officers would like to hear from the driver of a licensed Hackney Carriage taxi, who was working at around 2.15am, who may have valuable information for the investigation.
Illegal vapes with a street value of approximately £7400 worth has been seized from a store in Plymouth following an operation by Trading Standards and Devon and Cornwall Police.
Heart of the South West Trading Standards and Devon and Cornwall Police have visited a number of knife retailers as part of the Police’s Operation Sceptre campaign. Trading Standards were ensuring that...
Two vehicles stopped in Devon this week has led to nearly £500k in commodities seized.
On Tuesday 15 November, officers from the Plymouth Proactive Unit and Road Crime Unit stopped a Ford van travelling on the A38 near Ivybridge at around 4.30pm.
Officers carried out a search of the van under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act where they located around four kilograms of...