WEST Devon police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Tavistock on Sunday, December 30.

Between 4.08pm and 4.15pm, criminal damage was caused to a car in the area of Crowndale Road in Tavistock. The driver of a red Fiat Tipo was driving in front of a group of three motorcycles and as the driver went over a roundabout, the rider of a blue Suzuki GSX motorcycle almost ran into the back of the Fiat due to the manner of the riding. The motorcycle proceeded to drive alongside the car making hand gestures and shouting abusive language at the driver before ripping off the car driver’s electric mirror and speeding off, narrowly missing a pedestrian on the crossing near to the Sir Francis Drake statue. The other two bikes were last seen near the Spar shop in Tavistock.

Anyone with any information which may assist police with their enquiries should contact 101, quoting crime reference number CR/120320/18.

POLICE in West Devon have issued a reminder to people to keep their car doors locked following reports of opportunist would-be thieves seen trying to gain entry to vehicles over Christmas. ‘Please remember not to leave your valuable things in the vehicle,’ said Okehampton PCSO Raquel Rowe.

FOUR youths were stopped and searched for drugs in the Tavistock Sensory Garden in Plymouth Road on New Year’s Eve and three were arrested in connection with possession of cannabis. They were all released under investigation.

THE DOOR of Chilli Baba gift shop on Fore Street, Okehampton was damaged sometime between Christmas Eve and Thursday, December 27, CR/119260/18. Police are appealing for information.

SIGNS were also vandalised near Okehampton over the festive period, CR/118997/18 and CR/119839/18. Anyone with information is urged to contact the police on 101, quoting the crime reference numbers.