Barnstaple 'petrol bomb' trio released

Published: 12:05 PM April 8, 2010 Updated: 4:02 PM November 7, 2020

THREE teenagers arrested in Barnstaple after police discovered them with what appeared to be a petrol bomb have been released. No further action will be taken against the trio, two of whom who were aged 16 and one aged 18. They were initially arrested jus

THREE teenagers arrested in Barnstaple after police discovered them with what appeared to be a petrol bomb have been released.

No further action will be taken against the trio, two of whom who were aged 16 and one aged 18.

They were initially arrested just before 4am after being spotted in the Rose Lane area of the town.

No further details have been released at to what the suspected "petrol bomb" actually was.