Specialist youth workers could soon be called into Bradley Stoke to educate young people about the risks and consequences of using drugs, following “growing concern” over levels of cannabis use by teenagers in the town. The move comes after Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) reported in a recent school newsletter that staff were “very aware that some of our students are
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A 33-year-old man has been interviewed by police in connection with a series of suspected arson attacks on mobile phone masts in the Bristol area after he was arrested in Bradley Stoke in the early hours of Thursday morning (12th June). The man, from the Greater Bristol area, was arrested on suspicion of “going equipped” after his vehicle was stopped
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Bike theft, racial abuse and drugs are the main topics of local interest in the latest police newsletter for the Severnside, Stokes & Villages area. It is reported that fifteen suspects were arrested last year following a spate of bike thefts from outside leisure centres, youth clubs, schools. colleges and shops in Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford during
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A man who grew cannabis plants at a rented property in Ormonds Close, Bradley Stoke, has been given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for a year. The 24-year, who also illegally by-passed the electricty supply at the house, was also handed a punishment of 100 hours of unpaid work and must pay compensation of £1,100 to the electricity company. Bradley
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The July newsletter from the local police beat team includes reports on a drugs raid at a “property in Bradley Stoke” and speed checks in the Woodlands Lane area. In April, police seized 25 suspected cannabis plants with a potential street value up to £25,000 and found electricity being illegally obtained at a house in Bradley Stoke. A Bradley Stoke
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Police have arrested three adults after a drugs raid on a property in Ormonds Close, Bradley Stoke. Officers found 25 cannabis plants being cultivated in a bedroom of a semi-detached house during the execution of a search warrant on Thursday 7th April. The raid is said to have followed information supplied via the independent charity Crimestoppers. Related story: In December
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A 38-year-old man from Bradley Stoke has been jailed for six months for growing 22 cannabis plants at his home. The man was arrested in February and sentenced in May, according to the Summer edition of Avon and Somerset Police’s Neighbourhood Newsletter [PDF, 659KB] for the ‘Severnside, Stokes and Villages’ area. Neighbourhood Inspector Bob Evely said: “We are committed to
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Police in Bradley Stoke say they have taken action on drug misuse in the town following tip-offs from local residents. A statement in the recently-published April/May issue of the Bradley Stoke Police Newsletter reads: “Thanks to intelligence from members of our community. With the information we have received we have successfully carried out four drugs warrants over the last few
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Police officers yesterday (Tuesday) raided a four-bedroom detached house in Bradley Stoke’s Juniper Way, following tip-offs from the local community that the property was being used as a cannabis “factory”. A search led to the recovery of around 450 well-grown cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of £180,000, growing in five rooms of the house. A 48-year-old man has
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