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BBC News
08-03-2025
- BBC News
South West operation targets drugs supplied by organised crime
Thousands of cannabis plants have been seized after an operation by police forces across the South West Officers from Avon and Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit were involved in Operation scheme, which included almost 40 arrests, was aimed at tackling the growing threat of organised crime groups and their involvement in the illegal drug supply and Somerset Police acting Det Ch Insp, Matthew Lloyd, said the operation demonstrated what can be achieved "when police forces take a united stand". "Organised crime knows no bounds or borders. It requires a robust response from our intelligence and operational teams to make the South West of England as hostile an environment as possible for drug criminals," he added. The Operation included a search in Shepton Mallet, where 1,304 cannabis saplings were found in an industrial unit.A 28-year-old man has now been charged and remanded in custody for the production of a class B found during the raid led police to a flat in Yeovil where more cannabis plants, a quantity of cash and a weapon were Wellington, 424 cannabis plants were seized from a warehouse and three suspects, in their 20s, 30s and 40s, were arrested at the scene after being found hiding in squalid conditions in the three have since been bailed, with two now referred to the National Referral Mechanism - a framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery and ensuring they receive appropriate support. 'Prey on vulnerable' In Wiltshire, eight arrests were made and six warrants were carried out by force said it had also recovered more than £12,000, 246 grams of cocaine and 101 grams of cannabis after targeting addresses of suspected drug dealers and Police DCC, Mark Cooper, said: "These arrests and seizures mean that a significant number of drugs have been removed from our towns and rural areas, as well as the disruption of criminal networks which prey on the vulnerable and bring so much misery to said the operation was a "great opportunity" for the force to work together with partners, colleagues and other police forces from across the region.
BBC News
24-02-2025
- BBC News
Police hunt for paintings worth £12k stolen in Penzance
Police are appealing for information after the theft of two high-value paintings from a house in paintings by west Cornwall artist Gill Watkiss were taken from an "empty but secure" home in Morrab Road between 1 February and 13 February, according to Devon and Cornwall oil paintings, titled Sunday Walkers, Hayle, and Autumn Days, Penlee Park, were worth £6,000 each, the force said. Both canvases are sized around 70cm by 50cm (27 ins by 19ins). Watkiss lived on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula for many official website said the weather was "an ever-constant pervading presence" in her died in 2024, aged with any information about the paintings should call police on 101.
