Devon and Cornwall Alert Header Plant and Tool Hire Advice Message sent by Natasha Radford (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon and Cornwall) If you are offered equipment rental (also known as plant hire) or tools at low prices from the back of a van, please be wary. Take the registration number of the vehicle and as much detail as you can about the items and seller, then contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by calling 101. This is the main way that officers are able to reunite goods with their owners. Please also keep a record of serial numbers for tools and plant and/or property mark them. Thank you. This message…

This is a message sent via Devon and Cornwall Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Action Fraud (National Fraud Intelligence Bureau) The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and Action Fraud have recently noticed that Fraudsters have been setting up fake adverts on social media (including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) and job browsing websites to dupe people into believing they are recruiting for prospective models. Once victims show interest in the job, the fraudsters contact potential victims on the false promise of a modelling career and subsequently advise the victims to come in for a test shoot. The fraud can then potentially be carried out in two ways;…

This is a message sent via Devon and Cornwall Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Police     Linzi Berryman (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon and Cornwall) Drugs If people thought the South West was a soft target for the supply of drugs, think again. This week, Monday 9 October to Friday 13 October, police across Devon have been targeting dangerous drug networks as part of a large-scale operation into drug dealing in the county. Officers carried out a number of arrests in a major crackdown of suspected drug suppliers. So far this week, 11 people have been arrested with over 20 charges stemming…