Two security guards patrol 24 hours a day
For years police officers at the understaffed Devon police station have been locking the station's gates at 6pm every evening, fearing being attacked by thugs.
However, yesterday morning their luck ran out when they opened the gate to three armed men who pretended to be hijack victims. It's alleged the men pointed guns at the three officers at the station and took them to the safes where they stole 10 firearms and three rifles before they sped off, leaving behind traumatised officers whose four colleagues were still out on patrol. ..
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