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We have been advised by the local Police that a car was broken into whilst parked on Brinsea Road, Congresbury, overnight on Tuesday 9th May. The offender smashed the rear window of the Mercedes car and once inside stole a golf bag containing 17 clubs.

Any information, CCTV images, please contact the Police on 101 quoting reference number: 5223108138 stating NHW. Or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A 31-year-old man will appear before magistrates on 10 May charged in connection with a series of incidents in North Somerset.

Joshua Hunt, of the Claverham area, will appear at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of affray and one count each of possession of a bladed article and committing an act of outraging public decency.

One of the affray charges and the possession of a bladed article charge relates to an incident in Bleadon.

The second affray charge relates to an incident in Bleadon, while the outraging public decency charge relates to an incident in Cleeve.

Hunt is currently in police custody pending the hearing.

Enquiries into other linked offences in the North Somerset area continue.

Two people have been arrested after officers discovered a suspected cannabis grow in High Street, Claverham.

A man in his 20s and a woman in her 40s have been arrested after police found the grow in the early hours of Friday 28 April.

Officers acted on intelligence and discovered a grow with 222 suspected cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of around £90,000.

The two people who have been arrested have been released on police bail while the investigation continues.

Sgt Mark Dennis said: “We would like to thank those who have come forward with information so far and we are continuing to appeal to the local community for any further information relating to the offence and drug dealing in the area.

“Drugs have a significant detrimental impact on communities and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure people do not have to suffer the harm and criminality we know is a consequence of them.”