Newport
Suspected drugs and Sur-Ron seized in Newport stop search
A person is in custody after a plain clothes Gwent Police operation in Newport uncovered suspected drugs and an electric motorbike.
Pontypool
Electric vehicle seized in Pontypool off-road crackdown
Gwent Police seized an electric vehicle and warned a van owner during Operation Harley in Pontypool, with efforts continuing to identify other riders caught on camera.
Blaenau Gwent
Off-road bikes seized in Blaenau Gwent police operation
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.
Newport
Two vehicles seized during Newport patrol
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.
Haverfordwest Magistrates Court
Landowner must pay £1,899 over St Nicholas planning breach
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.
Swansea Crown Court
New Quay chef jailed for skull-fracturing sock cosh attack
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.
Cardiff Crown Court
Man guilty of Newport rape seven years after attempted rape
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.
Llandudno
Tributes to ‘champion of all students’ Llandudno teacher
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.
Swansea Crown Court
Four jailed after Swansea drug raids uncover supply operation
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.
Crime & Court
Man jailed after e-bike crash injured Cardiff officer
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.
Newport Crown Court
‘JB line’ drug dealers jailed after Bridgend car stop
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.
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Cynon Valley off-road bike crackdown seizes 24 bikes
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.