Category: Crime

Avon and Somerset Police are warning to look out for courier fraud. A resident received a call from someone who claimed to be a London police officer working in Paddington station (which closed some time

Avon and Somerset Police are advising about shopping safely online this Christmas. With Christmas around the corner, online shopping can save you time, effort and money. However, don’t be caught out by convincing fake online

Payment Diversion Fraud, spikes annually in March because of increases in business activity associated with company’s financial year-ends. The aim is to raise awareness of this type of fraud and deliver key protect messaging to

An outbuilding/stables have been subject of an attempted theft between 3pm and 4pm on the 15 March in West Bagborough. The offenders gained entry and removed a quad bike into a yard, where it was

There to help ‘clean’ the exhaust gas from vehicles, the metals catalytic converters are made of are becoming more and more valuable, some being more valuable than gold! They’re easy to steal. Organised criminals have

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of two men wanted in connection with an investigation into large-scale drugs supply, firearms offences, and money laundering in the south west. Christopher Barbosa, 29, from Sea

Action Fraud has received over 700 reports from members of the public about fake emails purporting to be from the NHS. The emails claim to be able to provide people with a ‘digital passport’ that

There are renewed warnings to be aware of delivery scams and phishing emails claiming to be from DPD and Royal Mail. Fraudsters are sending texts and emails that claim delivery drivers were “unable to deliver

It has been noted that there has been an increase in cold calling, in particular fencing and gardening works. Do please remember that you are under no obligation to answer the door or invite anyone