Nine drivers were issued with tickets after a police traffic operation in Sidmouth.

Members of the Devon and Cornwall Police Special Constabulary and Rural East Devon Policing Teams carried out the traffic operation on the A3052 in Sidmouth on Thursday, December 19, 2019.

43 vehicles were stopped during the operation and nine OSCOS issued (similar to the old style tickets) for offences including speeding.

Words of advice were issued to a number of other drivers in relation to speed and vehicle defects.

Breath tests were carried out on 14 drivers, all turned out to be negative.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Similar operations have been undertaken recently all over East Devon and we will continue to carry them out in the future."