First reported by Island Echo
5 ARRESTS, 6 VEHICLES SEIZED AND 2 PURSUITS IN WEEK OF PROACTIVE ROADS POLICING
5 people were arrested on suspicion of drug driving offences and a total of 6 cars were seized during a roads policing operation across the Isle of Wight last week. Several mainland-based officers descended on the Island in unmarked cars...
Read moreDetailsREMINDER TO MOTORISTS AS CAR SEIZED FOR NO TAX IN SANDOWN
Police are reminding motorists that vehicle excise duty - commonly known as road tax - on your vehicle is non transferable after a car was stopped and seized in Sandown this afternoon (Thursday). The owner of the modified Toyota Chaser says...
Read moreDetailsARREST MADE AFTER SANDOWN ASSAULT LEAVES MAN WITH FACIAL INJURIES
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a large police response descended on to Sandown Esplanade this afternoon (Thursday), following reports of an assault elsewhere in the town. Officers were called at 11:36 to an address in Station Avenue after...
Read moreDetailsFRESHWATER FIVE DRUGS CONSPIRACY: COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS CONVICTIONS OF ISLE OF WIGHT MEN
The Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of Jonathan Beere and Daniel Payne - 2 members of the Freshwater Five - who were imprisoned alongside Jamie Green, Scott Birtwistle and Zoran Dresic for smuggling £52million of cocaine into the...
Read moreDetailsOCCUPANTS ESCAPE THROUGH WINDSCREEN AFTER CAR ROLL IN HAVENSTREET
The driver and passenger of a car managed to escape with nothing more than minor injuries after rolling in Havenstreet last night (Wednesday). Emergency services were called to the scene on the main road through the village sometime before 22:30...
Read moreDetailsFIREFIGHTERS MOBILISED TO HEDGE FIRE OFF MILITARY ROAD
Retained firefighters are working to extinguish a bonfire which has spread to a hedge off Military Road near Chale this evening (Wednesday). 1 fire appliance from Ventnor was mobilised to the incident after a 999 call reported the developing situation...
Read moreDetailsDRONES TO TRANSPORT VITAL CANCER DRUGS AFTER DISRUPTION TO SUPPLY
Drones will soon be used to directly transport vital drugs used for the treatment of cancer patients to the Isle of Wight as part of a new trial. As first reported by Island Echo, in May of 2020, trial drone...
Read moreDetailsMAN SUFFERS FACIAL INJURIES IN RYDE ASSAULT
A man in his 40s has been left with facial injuries following an assault in Ryde yesterday evening (Monday). Officers erected a cordon surrounding a bench on the corner of Green Street and the town’s High Street at 17:28. Blood...
Read moreDetails‘GRENADE’ FIND LEADS TO EVACUATION OF WASTE CENTRE ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
The discovery of what was thought to be a World War II German stick grenade led to the evacuation of a local tip today (Monday). Police were alerted to the alarming find and officers were sent to gather photographs of...
Read moreDetailsTHE DOWNS CLOSED BY 3-CAR CRASH
The Downs has been closed by Police in both directions as a result of a 3-car collision this afternoon (Sunday). Emergency services are currently on scene a few hundred yards from Down End where an Audi A3, Mazda MX-5 and...
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