The number of people arrested for drink driving over Christmas has almost doubled in Crewe an Nantwich area.
Shocking figures from Cheshire Police today more than 250 people were nabbed across the county for allegedly drink and drug driving in December.
A masked robber is being hunted by police after reports of a Nantwich shop assistant being threatened with a gun.
The incident happened at the Premier Convenience Store on Arnold Street.
Pub bosses across Nantwich have backed a police campaign to clamp down on underage customers using fake ID.
The initiative, called ‘Fake ID? Real Consequence”, aims to warn those trying to gain access to licensed premises and buy alcohol by using fake ID or someone else’s ID.
Yobs who vandalised Nantwich town centre’s Christmas tree, lights and decorations, have not been traced.
The vandals targeted the lower branches of the tree, ripping off baubles, damaging the base and stealing other electrical decorations.
Trading standards officers have seized cigarettes, vodka and tobacco worth more than £17,000 in a swoop on illegal sellers in South Cheshire.
More than 25,000 illegal cigarettes, 800 bottles of vodka and 5.5kg of hand-rolling tobacco were uncovered during raids on properties in Crewe.
A Nantwich man has been charged with five burglaries at houses in the Crewe and Nantwich area.
Jamie Lyons, 34, of James Hall Street, Nantwich, was charged with five counts in connection with alleged break-ins between November 7 and 19.
An elderly Nantwich man conned out of £350 cash by rogue traders for ‘thinning out’ a small holly tree.
Now Nantwich Police are warning residents in the town to be aware of the two men after the incident in the Millfields area.
A shoplifter caught nabbing items in a Nantwich store was arrested, charged, convicted and jailed less than 24 hours after the incident.
The 39-year-old offender, from Willaston, was caught stealing items from a fragrances display at the Boots store on Swinemarket, Nantwich.
Miserly yobs in Nantwich have vandalised the town square’s Christmas tree and stolen decorations – just days after they were unveiled to thousands at the Lights Switch-on event.
Angry councillors and staff hit out at the offenders for putting a dampener on the festive spirits.
Four men have been jailed total of 30 years after pleading guilty to robbery at a Nantwich jewellers.
Lewis Chalmers, Patrick Massey, Darren McAndrew and Joseph Schofield raided Moody’s Jewellers on Pillory Street after smashing a hole in the front window using a sword and a drain grid.
Level crossings in Nantwich could be monitored by police vehicles as part of a crackdown on crossing misuse.
The British Transport Police will be visiting level crossings across the region in the latest phase of Operation Look.
More than 2,100 tickets have been issued to Cheshire motorists caught using mobile phones while driving.
Latest figures were unveiled as Cheshire Police joined other forces across the UK in a campaign to target phone use by drivers.
Police in Nantwich are warning town centre traders after counterfeit notes were used in shops.
Reports suggest counterfeit £20 notes were used at several locations.
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