Op Tredegar relates to a large-scale family run Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs, namely cocaine, by an Organised Crime Group (OCG) headed by brothers Thomas Davies, 38, and Jack Davies, 37, based in the Rhondda valleys. This case features nine defendants, all with a varying role within the OCG from couriers to money launderers….
Be Vigilant, South Wales Police have received multiple reports of individuals falsely purporting to represent Ofgem calling at addresses in south Wales. Please be vigilant regarding people knocking at your door – they may not be who they claim to be. If you suspect you’ve been the victim of fraud or have information about a…
Detectives in South Wales Police are warning about a spate of cases of so-called sextortion – where victims are blackmailed with the threat of explicit images of themselves being shared, unless they pay money – that have been reported in recent weeks. Sextortion is a form of online blackmail. The criminals behind it use a number of…
Test purchasing operations have been carried out this week in both the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda areas. Carried out alongside licensing officers from the respective local authorities, and assisted by our Police Youth Volunteers (PYV), the operations aim to ensure off-licenses and other premises are complying with their licence conditions in terms of age-restricted products….
Officers were called just after 10:15 pm on Saturday June 8 with a report of a man having been assaulted on Swan Street, Llantrisant. Andrew Burrows, 33, from Beddau has been charged with Section 18 GBH with intent and appeared at Merthyr Magistrates Court this morning. The 32-year-old man who was injured remains in a…
At Cardiff Crown Court on Monday a 30-year-old woman from the Rhondda has entered guilty pleas to a number of drugs offences Jodie Lee Beer, 30, of Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taff, was working as a prison officer for Parc Prison, Bridgend, when she was arrested in the prison car park in February 2022. Beer was…
A man who tried to murder a woman has been jailed for 17 years and four months for attempted murder and stalking. Daniel Mihai Popescu, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced today to 17 years and four months in prison for the savage attack in Aberfan last December. He launched the assault on his…
The public are being asked to report off road vehicles which are damaging safety measures put in place across tips in Rhondda Cynon Taf and users of off-road vehicles are urged to reconsider riding on the tips due to the dangers that the damage poses to local communities. The Council are working with South Wales…
David Smith A valleys drug dealer is behind bars after a raid at a shipping container owned by him led officers to vast quantities of drugs, firearms, cash and stolen vehicles. Officers executed a warrant at a container in Tonypandy owned by David Smith, 35, in January this year. There they uncovered quantities of amphetamine…
South Wales Police has been recognised for the way it prevents and investigates crime and anti-social behaviour and for protecting women and girls in public spaces. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) graded the force’s performance across nine areas of policing in its 2023-2025 police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL)…
