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Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man believed to have stolen a valuable Chinese mirror from an auction house in Exeter.
Back on Sunday, April 27, 2014, between 2.15pm and 2.30pm, the unknown man went into the Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood fine art auctioneers at Edmund’s Court, Okehampton Street, Exeter.
The man is believed to have taken a rare ornamental Chinese mirror – valued in excess of £6,000.
Staff at the auction house were not aware of the theft until the following day.
The man suspected of the theft, pictured, is described as 60 -70 years old, balding head with a large mole on the top of his head and a slightly smaller mole on the man’s temple.
Police would like to speak to anyone who may recognise the man or might have been offered the mirror, also pictured, for sale.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 101 with the crime reference CR/061236/14.
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Police are appealing for information after a car was reportedly stolen from a driveway in Westward Ho!
Police are appealing for information after a car was reportedly stolen from a driveway in Westward Ho!The orange Peugeot 106 went missing from Swanswood Gardens some time between 9pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday.Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen anything, or who has spotted the vehicle since, to come forward by calling 101 quoting crime reference CR/085503/14.
Residents in Cornwall are asked to remain on alert after more householders were targeted by a bogus police scam.
Offenders posing as police have contacted residents in Camborne, Redruth and Truro as part of a national scam, commonly known as ‘courier fraud’.A Camborne man in his 60s was telephoned on 19 June by a fake detective inspector from Scotland Yard claiming that someone had tried to access his bank account several times.
He was duped into transferring a substantial amount of money into a ‘secure bank account’ before he realised the call was a scam.A 96-year-old woman was contacted in Truro on 11 June but she put the phone down without giving any bank details or money.A man in supported living in Redruth was phoned by the fraudsters on 17 June but he was wise to the scam thanks to previous police warnings and he put the phone down.
Police are warning people in Cornwall, particularly older residents, to remain vigilant, to not go along with the scam and to report any attempts to police.Anyone with any information about this fraud can contact police on 101, quoting Op Fardel crime reference CR/072154/14.
Further incidents, Courier fraud scam
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