Detectives are urging Nantwich and Crewe residents to be vigilant following a spate of hoax calls from scammers claiming to be police officers acting on behalf of HMRC.
Officers have received 12 reports since June 2 of people receiving calls from someone purporting to be from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Residents across Cheshire are being about buying pets online following a rise in related scams during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cheshire Police have received several reports of scammers using websites to advertise a pet and demand payment in advance.
Residents on a Nantwich housing estate woke to the drama of an armed police raid today.
Witnesses say they saw as many as 10 armed police officers involved in a raid at a house on Mallard Avenue, on the Malbank Waters estate.
Police and paramedics in Nantwich are baffled after a life-saving defibrillator in the town centre was stolen.
The equipment was installed a few years ago outside the market centre in Nantwich so members of public could use it in emergencies.
Residents in South Cheshire are being warned to be vigilant following a 22% rise in fraud offences since lockdown began.
Cheshire Police are investigating a variety of fraud offences reported including online shopping scams, fraudulent emails, hoax text messages, cold callers and even fraudulent pet sales.
The busy A51 Nantwich bypass was closed off in a police incident this afternoon (June 4).
Traffic was stopped in both directions as a large number of police vehicles were seen stopping a car.
Police in Nantwich have vowed to target anti-social “hotspots” in the town’s parks after reports of large gatherings causing problems.
Nantwich residents are being urged to use the town’s police station helpdesk services now available again after lockdown measures were eased.
A man was seriously injured after being attacked by a gang of five teenagers in Crewe, detectives say.
The victim, a 50-year-old man from the town, is in hospital after the incident in Flag Lane.
A dog walker suffered serious facial injuries when he was assaulted in Crewe, police say.
Detectives want help to trace the attacker after the incident on Bradfield Road, near the Coppenhall Working Men’s Club, shortly before 7pm on Friday (May 15).
Two men from Liverpool have been charged in connection with a burglary in Willaston, near Nantwich.
Adam Blease, 34, and Neil Fathing, 33, were arrested after a BMW car was stopped by officers on the M65 near Preston at around 2.45pm on Monday (May 4).
Police are hunting a man who grabbed a 13-year-old girl as she walked through Queens Park in Crewe.
Officers are appealing for information from members of the public who may have seen the incident.
A man who terrorised a South Cheshire family has been jailed for two years and three months and ordered to stay away from them.
Bobby Palin, 32, of Samuel Street in Crewe, appeared at Chester Crown Court on May 1 to be sentenced after pleading guilty to stalking and harassment.
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