Mateo Allmunca, 24, told police he was only in Llanelli to visit the beach, but officers found he had a key to the flat housing 89 cannabis plants worth up to £82,000.
Personal trainer jailed for 11 years for grooming teen
Andrew Eldred, 35, of Kidwelly, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after being convicted of sexual offences against a vulnerable 15-year-old girl he groomed on Instagram.
Newport man jailed for threatening neighbours’ lives
Richard McLoughlin, 51, was sentenced to 21 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting affray. He threatened to slit the throats of his neighbours and racially abused them after returning drunk to his Newport house share.
Repeat Newport drug dealer jailed for cocaine supply
Taylor Blackley, 26, from Langstone, Newport, has been sentenced to 44 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting cocaine supply offences – his second conviction for dealing class A drugs.
Man jailed after driving from police while handcuffed
John Robinson, 48, from London, was sentenced to 12 months at Newport Crown Court after driving away from officers at a Cwmbran petrol station while in handcuffs. He also had a dysfunctional imitation firearm.
Cardiff man jailed after drug messages found on phones
Joshua Jones, 27, of Rymney, in Cardiff, was sentenced to 54 months at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and diamorphine.
Cardiff man jailed for hate crimes and hammer attack
Rasheed Jama, 20, of Grangetown, was sentenced to 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting 11 offences – but was told he could be released “today or soon” given time already served.
Man jailed weeks after prison release for cannabis supply
Kieran Desmond, 29, of Grangetown, Cardiff, was sentenced to one year and four months at Cardiff Crown Court after police found £2,000 worth of cannabis in a rucksack he threw away while fleeing officers.
Pontypool man jailed for child sex offence
Martin Pugh, 58, of Chester Close, New Inn, has been sentenced to six years and six months after being found guilty of gross indecency with a girl under 14.
Pontypool burglar spared jail for Chepstow jewellery theft
Nino Edwards, 27, was handed a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to stealing jewellery from a home on Warwick Close in Chepstow.
Former steelworker jailed for cocaine and edibles operation
A former Tata Steel worker has been jailed for three years after police found £3,500 worth of cocaine in his car during a stop in Morriston. Two co-defendants were spared prison for their roles in the supply network.
Man guilty of theft after pocketing wallet in Coedpoeth
Raymond Harry, of Coedpoeth, received a two-year conditional discharge after being found guilty of stealing a wallet containing a “substantial amount of cash” dropped outside Minera Tyres.