Troubled Cornish street week of violence and crime

A street in Cornwall was at the center of a mini crime wave as emergency services were called several times to separate serious incidents. Chapel Street in Camborne was flooded with police on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Monday, six people were arrested on suspicion of drug-related offences. The next day, officers responded to a welfare concern. And 24 hours later, locals reported “Coppers again on Chapel Street” after violence at the nearby bus station.

The first incident took place on Monday, April 22. One witness said: “There’s a huge police presence in Camborne right now – three vans on Chapel Street, one car on Cross Street. I think it’s a huge drug bust, county lines.”

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Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police executed a warrant at an address in Terrace Street. A 21-year-old woman and a 57-year-old woman, both from Camborne, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs respectively.

A 15-year-old girl and a 51-year-old man, also from Camborne, along with a 15-year-old boy from Penzance, were all arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs. The 27-year-old from Camborne was also arrested on suspicion of intent to supply a Class B drug.

On Tuesday, police returned to Chapel Street. An eyewitness said: “Camborne Chapel Street incident, isolated from above by Aldridge bikes and hairdresser. The police car parked on Hooper Lane, one above Gas Lane, and the fire engine and ambulance are not sure what’s going on.”

Police cordoned off the area following a concern for the welfare of a woman at 1pm. Firefighters and ambulances were also on the scene. A woman was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital. The road was reopened at 2 p.m.

But the next day, Wednesday, an eyewitness reported: “Coppers again at Chapel Street, Camborne.”

Police later confirmed that a man was badly beaten and a woman injured after a brawl at nearby Camborne bus station at 5.50pm. A man was reported to have been hit in the face multiple times.

A 30-year-old Truro woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

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