Police officer have arrested four people after a raid on an address in Shaftesbury as part of a wider operation to crack down on the drugs trade. Local neighbourhood officers, supported by the …

The town council regularly gets complaints from residents about seagulls in landlocked Gillingham, it has been revealed. Town clerk Julie Hawkins told councillors: ‘We quite often get complaints about seagulls, that there are …

An organised crime group has been sentenced to a total of more than 60 years in prison for their roles in running a ‘county line’ known as the ‘Scouse Porky Line’, which supplied …

Dorset Police say they have arrested one person after carrying out ‘targeted action’ against drugs in Gillingham. The force announced on social media that the action – based on information received – had …

Between Monday 7 and Friday 11 October 2019, 27 people were arrested as a result of coordinated law enforcement action to disrupt drug related activity across Dorset, says the county’s police force. A …

Two burglars in balaclava helmets, one possibly armed with a shotgun, are being sought by the police after smashing their way into a house at Jay Walk in Gillingham. Officers were called to …

Two men are due to appear in court in connection with drug offences in Gillingham. Officers attended an address in Cloverfields on Thursday 17 November 2016 following community intelligence about the alleged production …

A drug driver who admitted causing a fatal road traffic collision near Blandford that resulted in the death of a motorcyclist and his wife has been jailed for five years. Jamie Patrick Myers, …

Detectives investigating the death of a man in Shaftesbury have made two arrests. On Tuesday 17 October 2017 the ambulance service was called to an address in Lane Side following reports that a …