CCTV images released of potential witnesses to hoax calls made in Newport
Police have issued two images of potential witnesses to a man making a hoax call from a phone box on High Street, Newport, last month.
The phone call was made at around 6pm on Thursday 10 November 2016, when the caller claimed his partner had been threatened with a firearm. Officers were deployed and it was later determined the report was a hoax call.
There were also two hoax calls to the fire service made from the same phone box, earlier that week.
PC Lee Thomas said: “It is very concerning when people make hoax calls to the emergency services, emergency calls necessitate a quicker response and it puts members of the public at an unnecessary risk, if the call is in fact a hoax.
"We are looking to speak to the two men pictured in the CCTV images, or anyone else who was in the area of High Street, Newport at the time, who may be able to help us by giving a description of the man entering the phone box."
If you have any information which could help police, please contact them on 101 quoting reference 542s of 10 November 2016.
If you want to give information but don't want to give your name you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or use their anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
