Man Admits Drug Dealing Offences After Proactive Police Stop In Llanelli
A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dealing drugs after roads policing officers intercepted a vehicle in Llanelli over the weekend.
Cole Stevens, from Llanelli,...
MISSING | Have you seen 51-year-old Mark, reported missing from his home in Garnant...
MISSING | Have you seen 51-year-old Mark, reported missing from his home in Garnant in the Ammanford area? Mark is described as being of a slim build, is about 5ft 10inches tall, and has short dark hair. He was last yesterday evening (9 July), and is possibly wearing a light coloured sweatshirt and black tracksuit […]
Man Charged For Llanelli Robbery
UPDATE | Following a Dyfed-Powys Police appeal for information about a robbery that was reported in Llanelli at just after midnight on Saturday, June...
Police Incident At New Dock Road Llanelli
Ongoing incident in New Dock Road. Please avoid the area. Have been on site and spoken to police. A 100m cordon is currently in place for public safety, and means sections of the following roads are closed: ▪️ Trinity Terrace▪️ Trinity Road▪️ Copperworks Road▪️ New Dock Road▪️ Marged Street Residents within the cordon will be […]
Landlord jailed after 200 cannabis plants found at his property
A man who allowed members of an organised crime gang to establish a commercial scale cannabis factory at his property has been jailed. Martin Evans claimed he was unaware of the size of the operation being run from his home when he appeared at Swansea Crown Court, however in renting out a part of his […]
Over 120 Llanelli people identified as “money mules” in fraud investigation
More than 120 people living in the Llanelli area have handed over their personal bank details to criminals involved in money laundering in exchange for financial gifts. Economic Crime Team officers from Dyfed-Powys Police identified the individuals as part of an ongoing criminal investigation and issued notices advising them to stop the activity immediately or […]
Cannabis worth over £860,000 seized in one week during police crackdown
Cannabis plants worth more than £860,000 have been seized from properties in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys in just one week as police continue their crackdown on industrial scale drug production. Dyfed-Powys Police took part in Operation Mille 3 – a week-long national policing operation aimed at disrupting large scale cannabis factories established by organised crime […]
Grieving mum speaks of devastating loss as her son’s killer is jailed
A grieving mum has described the devastating loss of her ‘loving, caring and funny’ son as his killer is jailed. Liam Morgan Whittle died after suffering catastrophic head injuries from two punches following a night out in Llanelli. He was just 22. Today, Jason Thomas has been jailed for manslaughter after admitting to dealing the […]
Richard Jones jailed for life for the murder of Llanelli mum Sophie Evans
The family of Llanelli mum Sophie Evans say they will never forget her ‘beautiful smile and comforting ways’ as a man is jailed for life for her murder. When the 30-year-old let her partner’s father into her home on July 5, 2024, she believed he was there to carry out a repair. But less than […]
Dyfed-Powys Police’s biggest drugs operation takes £12 million of cannabis out of the supply...
Police teams tackling the threat presented by industrial scale cannabis farms have taken more than £12 million worth of cannabis out of the supply chain. Raiding buildings from former schools and empty town centre shops to a disused newspaper office, Dyfed-Powys Police has successfully disrupted 37 commercial sized cannabis farms over the past year alone, […]