Crime and Incidents

SENTENCED | Man who spent two years on the run following chemical attack is jailed. Dean Mayze has been sentenced to 18 months in prison,...

Richard Knight, aged 73, of Pendine, Carmarthenshire, has been jailed for three years and nine months after he admitted to abducting a teenage girl,...

The Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Panel has endorsed the proposed 2026/27 precept of 7.47% by Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llewelyn during its...

On Friday, January 2, a local Road Policing Unit carried out a routine stop check on 43-year-old Dean Evans’ grey Seat Ateca. Both Evans...

Dyfed-Powys Police Roads Policing Unit officers have removed a dangerous driver from the road following a report of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) being...

A teenager has been sentenced to three years and six months in a young offender’s institution after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old. Jake Richards,...

MISSING | Have you seen 39-year-old Nick, reported missing from in the Cross Hands area? Nick is described as about 5"8 tall, with dark brown...

A man from Tumble, in Carmarthenshire, has been jailed for 10.5 years for a number of sexual offences against children.David Prothero, aged 39, had...

Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on the A48 yesterday evening (29 December). Just before 6pm on December 29,...

A woman and her partner have been jailed for conspiring to kill her husband of 10 years in order to continue their affair. Michelle Mills...

Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating a serious road traffic collision on Station Road, Llanelli at around 8.20pm yesterday evening (16 December). The collision involved a lorry...

Specialist insurer warns voluntary sector organisations not to overlook often-forgotten security measures, as awareness week approaches Charities across the region are being urged to review...

SENTENCED | Former CCTV operator sentenced for coercive and controlling behaviour and data protection offences. Russell Hasler, aged 42, from Llandysul worked as CCTV operator...

Brits should have their wits about them this festive shopping season, with cybercriminals looking to get hold of the most in-demand items this Christmas....

The UK is facing a shoplifting crisis, with national offences rising to their highest level on record. ONS data shows 516,971 shoplifting incidents were recorded in the...

Two men have been sentenced for a series of thefts of tools estimated to be valued at over £12,500 from vans across Carmarthenshire and...

Two people who plotted an armed hit on a caravan have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder following a two-week trial. Swansea Crown Court...

Dyfed-Powys Police backs campaign to make running safer for women this winter Dyfed-Powys Police has backed a campaign aiming to make running safer for women...

A 31-year-old woman has been jailed for an attempt robbery after she entered Pill Corner Stores with a knife and demanded money from the...

A 31-year-old woman has been jailed for an attempt robbery after she entered Pill Corner Stores with a knife and demanded money from the...

Property Saviour Raises Alarm on Cash House Buyer Scams: 7 Crucial Checks All Sellers Must Make With property scams costing UK homeowners hundreds of millions...

Officers have taken more than £10,000 worth of cocaine off the streets following a successful drugs warrant at a Llanelli home. Andrew Kane Rees, aged...

The National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) has today, Wednesday 6 August, published the results of the 2025 National Police Wellbeing Survey – the largest employee...

Police in North Wales recorded almost 600 hit-and-run incidents over the past 7 years, with casualties ranging from young children to older people. The figures,...

Families are being urged to think twice before picking wildflowers like bluebells as it could lead to hefty fines or even imprisonment. Ecologists from Arbtech.co.uk have issued...

Nearly half (49.6%) prisons rated as a concern or serious concern – the largest number of prisons rated as of serious concern since publications...

Jamil Ahmed left four women living in fear of his violent behaviour A man has been jailed for 20 years for rape, controlling and coercive...

A Swansea man has been sentenced to 18 weeks of prison after he admitted to causing a Jack Russell Terrier to suffer after hitting...

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...

A man has been remanded in custody after police found cannabis plants with an estimated street value worth up to £242,000 in a derelict...

Carmarthen man Daniel Gravell sentenced to nine years in prison for "truly wicked" rape and voyeurism offences. Daniel Gravell, aged 43, was found guilty of...

Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for witnesses to a robbery which was reported in Llanelli at just after midnight today (Saturday, June 21). A man is...

Project Vigilant will soon cover the whole of Dyfed-Powys Police An operation that sees uniformed and plain clothes police officers act as disruption teams to...

APPEAL | Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating a report of outraging public decency that occurred in Llanelli, at approximately 4.45pm on Saturday, May 10, 2025.The...

On Sunday 8th June, roads policing officers from Dyfed-Powys Police held a successful community engagement day in Crossgates as part of Operation Apex, a...

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...

Appeal | We are appealing for information following the theft of a vehicle in Carmarthen this morning We received a call just after 7.20 this...

An Ammanford man who raped and sexually abused two children, will spend the next 12 years behind bars, thanks to the courage of his...

A man from Swansea has been jailed after he deliberately set fire to another man’s car. 34-year-old Jamie Paton, from Penlan, committed the arson on...

A Carmarthen man has been found guilty of committing rape in 2002 and admitted to voyeurism following a two-week trial at Swansea Crown Court. Daniel...

A 14-year-old girl has been jailed for the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil at a school in Carmarthenshire. The teenager, who cannot...

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...

Dyfed-Powys Police have joined police forces across the UK in the national Operation Spotlight campaign, coordinated by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC). This ongoing...

Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for information about a fatal collision on the A4138 between the Llangennech roundabout and the Crematorium roundabout, Carmarthenshire, which occurred...

Sixty-three UK-based users of a Dark Web site hosting child sexual abuse material have been identified following work by the National Crime Agency. Police in...

APPEAL | We are appealing for witnesses who may have information about a fatal collision on the unclassified road between Myddfai and Llandovery, which...

Three people have been charged and remanded in custody after police found cannabis plants worth up to £595,000 growing in a disused trye centre. Dyfed-Powys...

Three people have been charged and remanded in custody after police found cannabis plants worth up to £595,000 growing in a disused trye centre. Dyfed-Powys...

More than 120 people living in the Llanelli area have handed over their personal bank details to criminals involved in money laundering in exchange...

Each of the men have been jailed for eight years and one month respectively for deliberately enticing the victim to a remote location, and...