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Jail for drug dealer arrested at airport as he returned from hols
17:54 18/05/2026Kane Evans, 29, was arrested by police in Bristol Airport on January 29, 2026, where he had returned from a holiday in Cyprus.
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More illegal e-bikes taken off the road thanks to another joint operation with Cardiff Council
15:01 18/05/2026This takes the total number seized to more than 600 since the summer.
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'I'm not sure I'll ever get over what he did to me' - the words of a woman raped by Dean Edwards almost 20 years ago
11:50 15/05/2026"I just hope now to be able to move on with my life safe in the knowledge that at least for some time he won't be able to attack any other woman.”
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Stalker jailed for three years
11:47 24/04/2026A man who stalked two young women has been jailed following a South Wales Police investigation.
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Update: Three arrested following threats made to Cardiff schools
11:28 31/03/2026South Wales Police have arrested three people in connection with threats made towards Cardiff secondary schools between March 15, 2026 and March 18 2026.
Crimes and priorities
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Shoplifting
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Priority action will be updated every three months
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Shoplifting - Windsor Road
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PCSO’s have reduced the time it takes for CCTV to be obtained for Officers to be able to ID the offenders.
PCSO’s have been working along side MRS Communications to set up a new scheme called shopnet. This scheme links all the Penarth business including the Police to a radio system to communicate between one another to tackle shoplifting.
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Shoplifting - Windsor Road
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Regular meetings with shop managers to encourage reporting to South Wales Police via 101.
In March we are hosting the first Business Watch meeting with the Vale Council to encourage open conversations relating to shoplifting.
Weekly ward walks with The newly appointed Council Warden are taking place to check-in on the local businesses.
There is an Operation in place to tackle shoplifting. This will include plain clothes operations and hi-visibility patrols. -
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Shoplifting - Windsor Road
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We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas and also conducted plain-clothes operations to target offenders. We have engaged with publicans encouraging them to enlist in the Pubwatch scheme to help reduce ASB.