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Drivers off to court after roads policing operation in East Devon

Rural East Devon police officers conducted a joint operation with the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency and colleagues from the No Excuses roads policing team earlier this month aimed at targeting rural crime and unroadworthy vehicles.

Officers from the Rural East Devon Neighbourhood Team were in prominent locations in laybys on the A35 and the A3052, both high harm routes which...

Operation Juggler aims to improve road safety

More than 20 drivers have been reported for offences by police as part of a multi-agency road safety operation in Plympton.

Local officers and Special Constables were joined by staff from HM Customs and Excise, VOSA, taxi licensing and Trading Standards for the operation in Vicarage Road on the morning of Wednesday 16 March.

In total 54 commercial and private vehicles were...

Man sentenced to 19 years in prison for child sex offences

John Bidmead a 65 year-old former lorry driver has been sentenced to a 19 year prison sentence for child sex offences in Exeter Crown court today.

Bidmead from Cullompton was found with over a million images and videos of child pornography on his computer.

Police began investigating Bidmead after Interpol alerted them that Bidmead had been downloading the images. A raid on his...