Two Patchway Neighbourhood Police Community Support Officers found a cannabis factory after responding to anonymous information. Pat Gardener and Rob Hendra went to Rodway Road on Wednesday November 25 2009 after reports that of suspicious behaviour at a house. They found a house which had been left insecure and went in to check the property. Inside, they found 50 cannabis
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Police are appealing for information after a disabled woman was subject to abuse in Thornbury on Saturday, October 31. At around 1:30pm to 2pm the victim, a 35-year-old disabled woman, was sitting on a bench on High Street, Thornbury when a coach stopped nearby. It’s alleged that three male passengers from the coach approached the victim, touched her and sang
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Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault of a pizza delivery man in the Mangotsfield area. At around 9pm on Monday, October 26 the victim was delivering pizza to an address in Berkeley Close, Mangotsfield when three unknown men approached and asked for the pizza. When he did not give them it, one of the offenders kneed the victim
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Police are appealing for information about an arson attack on a barn near Chipping Sodbury that killed 50 rare breed chickens. The corrugated iron and timber building was set alight at around 8pm on Monday, November 9. Bales of hay and a number of lawn mowers and other gardening equipment were also destroyed. The smallholding is on Chipping Sodbury Common,
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after two people were assaulted near to the taxi rank in Regents Street, Kingswood. Both incidents occurred between 2am and 3am. The first victim, a 25 year old woman, was assisting taxi marshalls to resolve a dispute, when she was punched in the face by a man. She did not require hospital treatment
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Police are warning trailer owners to take extra security measures after two thefts in the past month. Thieves broke into a locked compound in School Road, Frampton Cotterell, damaging the locks and gate, to take an Ifor Williams double-axle trailer. It happened overnight Tuesday October 13 to Wednesday October 14 2009. The second trailer was taken from the drive of
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Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the garden of the Kingswood Colliers pub, Regent Street, Kingswood on Friday, October 30, 2009. At around 11.45am a 31 year-old male was punched in the face in an unprovoked attack. He sustained a cut to his lip and injuries to the sides of his face. The offenders, who are just
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Police are appealing for help to trace a Kingswood man’s treasured Morris Minor car. It was stolen from Hanham Road between 9.30pm on October 25 and 8am on the 26th. The owner says the car is of particular sentimental value – given to him by his grandfather when he was three years old. He’s lovingly restored it and says he’s
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Police were called to reports of a multi vehicle road traffic collision on the M4 this morning at about 6am. The incident occurred between the exit and entry slip roads of junction 18 (Tormarton, A46 Bath turn-off) and involved three lorries, which had been in collision with the central reservation. One of the vehicles was carrying what is believed to
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South Gloucestershire Police hope Halloween will hold no horrors for local people this year. Officers have worked with schools, shops, the community and council to try to ensure people who want to celebrate the festival can do so safely, without causing problems for those who don’t. South Gloucestershire Police District Superintendent Steve Jeffries said: “Traditionally, October 31 has been one
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