Police are appealing for information and witnesses following an assault that occurred recently in Kingswood. At around 2am in the morning of Sunday 26th September, the victim was stood on the corner of Regent Street and London Street when he was approached by a man who punched him with such force he fell and hit his head. The victim was
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Two men have been charged after police searched a house in Kingswood on Tuesday September 28th 2010 and recovered a motorbike stolen in Longwell Green the day before. Officers from the Neighbourhood Team and the South Gloucestershire Priority Crime Team also recovered two bicycles stolen from Kingswood and Bridgeyate in the search. Six young men aged between 15 and 18
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Police are appealing for help identifying three teenagers involved in a robbery. The robbery occurred outside Costcutters on Cadbury Heath Road, South Gloucestershire on Tuesday 21st September. At around 4pm a boy aged 12 was outside the shop when three teenagers demanded 50p. The victim handed over the money believing he would be hit if he didn’t do as they
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South Gloucestershire police are warning moped riders to lock up following the arrest of three young men for moped theft. In the early hours of Wednesday 22nd September patrolling officers spotted a Piaggio NRG moped which had been stolen from Staple Hill. The bike was found abandoned near the cycle track at Mangotsfield and officers arrested three young men nearby.
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Nearly three quarters of voters say they are not comfortable with a politician overseeing policing, according to the Avon and Somerset Police Authority’s (ASPA) poll on Police and Crime Commissioners. The Police Authority asked a series of questions on its website to gauge public opinion for some of the radical proposals outlined in the Government’s ‘Policing in the 21st Century’
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Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman had her hands cut in a robbery in Hanham. The robbery occurred at 9.50am on Thursday 9th September. The victim, a 77-year-old woman, was walking along Hunters Road, Hanham when she was approached by another woman. The woman tried unsuccessfully to grab the woman’s bag at which point she threatened to
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Police have seized around 50 suspected cannabis plants, with a potential street value up to £50,000, in a raid on a house in Yate. South Gloucestershire officers, supported by specialist firearms officers, searched the property on Thursday 2nd September. They recovered plants, hydroponic equipment and a BB gun, and arrested a 31-year-old man, who remains in police custody. The raid
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Police arrested a man in Frenchay on Wednesday 25th August after being called by a householder who disturbed a man in his garage. Officers attended at about 8pm and arrested a 26-year-old Bristol man. Police subsequently searched a property in Bristol and seized car stereo equipment they suspected to be stolen. Neighbourhood Sergeant Clive Johnson said: “Criminals have been targeting
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Fire crews attending a blaze at a storage shed in a remote location in Iron Acton called police after discovering an illicit alcohol still. Officers were called in at about 7pm on Sunday 22nd August and found around 30 barrels of alcohol, bottles and bottling and labelling equipment. Neighbourhood PC Ian Matthews said HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are investigating
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Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old man was the victim of a robbery in Staple Hill on Saturday night (14th August). The victim got off the number 49 bus at South View in Staple Hill at around 11.15pm. Two men, aged between 17 and 19-years-old, then followed him before pushing him to the ground, assaulting him and stealing
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