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Cocaine buyers used “Chinese” as codeword, court hears

Jordan Jones 49 minutes agoCrime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Two Ammanford men have been jailed at Swansea Crown Court after police caught them waiting to collect a cocaine delivery, with phone evidence revealing customers used the word “Chinese” as a code when ordering the drug.

Pembs cocaine dealer made £85k but only £1 could be seized

Jordan Jones 14 hours agoCrime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Christopher Smith, 36, of St Twynnells, was jailed for four years for cocaine dealing. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing found he had benefitted by £85,860 but had no seizable assets.

Cannabis worker caught on Swansea rooftops

Jordan Jones 21 hours agoCrime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Emiljan Doci, 38, was caught fleeing across the rooftops of a Swansea terrace after police raided an £88,000 cannabis farm just 10 days after he was smuggled into the UK from France.

Caravan attacker jailed after brutal Pembroke Dock assault

Jordan Jones 23 hours agoCrime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Zack High, 26, beat a cocaine buyer inside a caravan in Pembroke Dock, leaving him with suspected facial fractures and a broken wrist. He has been jailed for 18 months at Swansea Crown Court.

Swansea dealer jailed after foot chase on licence

Jordan Jones 20 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Kian Meredith, 22, was caught supplying cocaine and crack near the Palace Theatre while on licence from a previous Jack line conspiracy conviction. He was sentenced to three years and eight months at Swansea Crown Court.

Man jailed again after second cannabis farm conviction

Jordan Jones 14 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Ylber Bery Shquti, 25, was sentenced to 30 months at Swansea Crown Court after 147 cannabis plants worth £162,000 were found at an industrial unit in Resolven.

Man jailed for raping sex worker in Swansea lane

Jordan Jones 14 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Adam Ezalden, 30, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years at Swansea Crown Court after being convicted of rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a sex worker in Swansea city centre.

Brothers branded ‘parasites’ over pensioner fraud

Jordan Jones 13 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Two brothers tried to con a vulnerable Swansea woman in her 70s into withdrawing £6,000 from her building society by claiming she owed money for roofing work already paid for. Staff at the Principality spotted the fraud and called police.

Man shared hundreds of child abuse images with paedophile network

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jamie McCallum, 46, of Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, was sentenced to 13 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting distributing indecent images of children to 29 online contacts.

Pensioner, 75, jailed after trying to pay for child sex

Jordan Jones 4 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Nicholas Page, of Llanelli, has been sentenced to three years in prison at Swansea Crown Court after attempting to arrange for children to be brought to his home for sexual abuse and requesting indecent images of children as young as eight.

Father jailed after cocaine supply uncovered in Pontardawe

Jordan Jones 4 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jordan Hamilton, 31, was sentenced to 33 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court after admitting involvement in the supply of cocaine and cannabis alongside his partner Gemma Davies.

Man on licence for violent assault jailed over cannabis factory

Jordan Jones 4 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Bleu Stean-Tannis, 40, was sentenced to 32 months at Swansea Crown Court after police found 48 cannabis plants across three bedrooms of his Mount Pleasant home.

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