Officers stopped a rental vehicle on Newport Road in Cardiff and recovered wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, cash and a phone linked to a drug line. Two men have been jailed, while the driver received a suspended sentence after shotgun shells and a bullet-proof vest were found at her home.
Ryan Watkins, 34, was caught with undeclared phones on two separate police visits to his Blaina home, including one hidden behind a wardrobe. He has been jailed for 27 months.
Deacon Facey was caught with a 'burner' phone, £55 in cash and pregabalin tablets after officers watched him near City Road. He has been jailed for 32 months.
A Gwent Police dog tracked down a man concealed behind a false wall at a 313-plant cannabis factory on an industrial estate in Aberbargoed. Albert Hysaj, 42, has been jailed for six months, while a second man received a suspended sentence.
George Kyle Daniels, 28, controlled every aspect of his victim's life - from what she ate and wore to whether she could leave the house or speak to anyone. He has been jailed for three years at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Ben James, 28, insisted the kilo-level deals discussed in his text messages were exaggeration and that he lacked the means to buy at that scale. A judge at Swansea Crown Court rejected his account and jailed him for six and a half years.
Carl Jubin, 40, has been jailed for two years at Cardiff Crown Court after forcing his way behind the counter at a Spar in Bridgend and knocking a shopkeeper to the ground. The worker of 18 years said the robbery had left her frightened and unable to sleep.
Martin Roberts, 36, followed two women through Swansea city centre shops and looked up one of their skirts in a Tesco aisle, a day after being released from prison on licence. A judge told him he was "undeterrable" before jailing him for three years.
Two 19-year-olds have been sent to a young offenders' institution and a 17-year-old boy handed a referral order over a November 2025 robbery in Port Talbot. The victim was hospitalised and needed glue for a cut to the back of his head.
Patrick Duggan, banned from driving since 1994, repeatedly reversed into a police car during a pursuit through Abertillery, causing £28,000 of damage. He was jailed for 19 months at Cardiff Crown Court and disqualified for a further three years and nine months.
Tyler Mitchell, 22, was found with 850 indecent images of children after police seized phones belonging to him. A judge at Swansea Crown Court handed him a suspended sentence.
Ashley Eadie repeatedly apologised to a Rhymney Service Station cashier as he pulled out a pair of scissors and took £115 from the till. He handed himself in at Bargoed Police Station the following morning and has been jailed for two years and eight months.