Four people escaped unhurt after fire from a car which had been set alight spread to a house in Filton. The incident happened at around 2am on Monday morning (21st October) in Kipling Road. A car parked on a driveway was set on fire and this spread to the house. The fire caused significant damage to the house. There were
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Avon and Somerset Police say they have arrested three men after searching a home in Mortimer Road, Filton, at 8.30am this morning (Wednesday 22nd May). Neighbourhood officers were joined by patrol officers and specialists from the operations department to carry out a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Officers found plants being dried that they think are cannabis.
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Avon and Somerset Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision between a pedestrian and a bus last night (Monday 4th February) on the Filton/Stoke Gifford border. The incident happened at about 6:30pm on the westbound carriageway of Station Road (the A4174 Avon Ring Road), adjacent to the Abbey Wood Retail Park. The pedestrian –
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Avon and Somerset Police Authority has today signed an agreement with the new National Police Air Service (NPAS) after months of hard negotiations. Members of the Police Authority have been trying to agree a deal since last December to ensure Avon and Somerset’s helicopter remains in Filton, the police receive at least 700 operational hours a year and a better
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A 20-year-old Filton man has been given a three-year community order by magistrates after being convicted of indecent exposure. Details of the case are revealed in the latest issue of the Filton & Patchway police newsletter, available online and from local community centres. The man was arrested under Operation Relentless after reports of a male exposing himself to passers-by in
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Police seized 40 plants believed to be cannabis after searching a house in Filton as part of Operation Viscount. Officers searched the house on Wednesday 22nd August and found the plants growing in two bedrooms of the property in The Sidings [map]. A 21-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of producing cannabis and released on police bail pending
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A man arrested by police following reports of suspicious behaviour in Nutfield Grove at the beginning of July has been sentenced to more than three years in jail. Cassius Adamson, 29, had already racked up more than 50 house burglaries when he was caught breaking into a home and gardens on the evening of 4th July, reports the Bristol Post.
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Police have seized around 100 suspected cannabis plants from a house in Mortimer Road, Filton [map]. Officers were called to the property at about 12:25pm on Monday 6th August by a neighbour who knew the house was vacant and heard noises inside. A 24-year-old man was arrested nearby and remains in police custody today (Tuesday 7th August). The property was
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Police were called to Nutfield Grove in Filton by a concerned resident who spotted a man acting suspiciously near an elderly neighbour’s home. The call came in at about 7:15pm yesterday evening (Wednesday 4th July) and officers arrested a man in the area. A 29-year-old man remains in police custody today (Thursday 5th July.) Neighbourhood Inspector Bob Evely said: “This
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Filton Police Station, on Gloucester Road North, has been put up for sale, ahead of the planned transfer of police services to a new station in Patchway in 2014. A news item published by Avon and Somerset Police today stated: “We have begun to market the site well in advance to ensure we get the best market value for the
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