Gwent Police seized off-road bikes, an uninsured van, cannabis and a bladed article during Operation Shock patrols across Blaenau Gwent. One driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving.
Gwent Police's Community Action Team seized a Sur-Ron style bike that failed to stop and a vehicle driven without a licence or insurance during a patrol in Sedgemoor Court, Newport.
Stephen Hitchcock of Letterston was convicted at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court of failing to comply with a Pembrokeshire council enforcement notice on land at St Nicholas. He was fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £1,899.
Ciaran McConnell, 37, put his phone in a sock and struck a 20-year-old outside a New Quay sports bar, leaving him needing emergency brain surgery. He was jailed for 15 months at Swansea Crown Court.
Radiet Meles, 35, was unanimously convicted of rape and assault by beating at Cardiff Crown Court, seven years after he was jailed for attempting to rape an unconscious woman at a Newport house party. He will be sentenced on November 20.
Ysgol John Bright says it has lost a great teacher and a dear friend after the death of Richard Whitham, 47, who taught in Llandudno for more than 20 years.
Tom Collis, Christopher Jones, Taylor Moran and Callum Edwards-Pritchard were sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after South Wales Police seized cocaine, ketamine and cash in raids across the city.
Jake Fernandes, 25, tried to evade plain-clothes officers on Amroth Road in Caerau before his Sur-Ron bike struck PC Hamer. Officers then found 40 bags of cannabis, £735 in cash and the remains of a cannabis factory at his home.
Jayden Williams and Marcus Gonzales were sentenced at Newport Crown Court after messages on their phones showed they were supplying wholesale quantities of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine to other dealers.
Operation Physalis has seen 24 off-road bikes seized in the Cynon Valley, alongside arrests for burglary, firearms and drugs offences and £18,000 recovered under Proceeds of Crime laws.
Gwent Police seized an electric off-road bike in Tredegar on Friday, a week after it was reported being ridden dangerously through Commercial Street.
Sam Mulligan, 36, admitted nine shop thefts committed across Newport in less than three weeks. His arrest formed part of Gwent Police's Operation Krypton.