A ROUTINE foot patrol in Bovey Tracey saw a man arrested and cannabis seized.

Officers from the Ashburton and Chudleigh Policing Team detained the man in Mill Marsh Park for the purpose of a stop-and-search.

A quantity of cannabis and scales were found the man was subsequently arrested.

A Section 18 search of the man’s home address was then carried out.

The foot patrol was a part of Ashburton and Chudleigh Policing Team’s ‘proactive work by local officers to tackle the supply of drugs in the area’.