Crime

Hundreds of pounds of meat and alcohol was stolen in a shoplifting at a Ringwood supermarket.

An arrest has been made after reports several homes in Dibden Purlieu had their door handles tried in the early hours.

Bikes with electric motors are being used “almost exclusively” in crime, say police.

CCTV images of two people sought after hundreds of pounds of goods was stolen from a Lymington store have been released over six weeks on.

A New Forest man downloaded nearly 2,000 indecent pictures of children being sexually abused – some newborns – over a period of six years.

“IF this happens again, we can’t survive,” a New Milton store’s co-owner has warned after vandals smashed its windows.

A New Milton conservationist slammed thieves who dug up a patch of snowdrops from a town beauty spot.

Two men were arrested and a large haul of cocaine seized in Christchurch as part of a major investigation into class A drug supply in Dorset.

Suspected class A drugs and associated paraphernalia were seized when police raided a Ringwood home.

Police are hunting a thief who punched and pushed a teenage boy off his electric bicycle near Totton College.

A motorist from Christchurch who dangerously tried to outrun the police in a BMW while on cocaine has been spared an immediate jail term.

Police have released CCTV pictures of two women wanted after beauty products were stolen from a Lymington store.

A man was arrested for firearm and weapons offences after armed police raided a Burton home and alerted bomb disposal experts.

A mother who had a rock thrown through her kitchen window has posted pictures of the suspected culprits.

A retired vintage vehicle restorer was left devastated after thieves stole a specialist transporter trailer from his former unit in Christchurch.

A New Forest man who took part in a violent brawl between rival football fans has been jailed for more than two years.

“The consequences could be tragic,” police warned as they released dramatic footage of a new driver clocked at over 150mph on the A338 near Ringwood.

Police are seeking witnesses and video footage three weeks after three vehicles were vandalised outside a Ringwood home in the early hours.

Police are hunting a cyclist who punched a pensioner in the face and pushed him to the ground in a Totton street.

A crash in Hythe saw a driver from Wales banned from the roads for 20 months.