A human rights expert called for a ban on strip searching of children in Wales, with black children disproportionately subject to the traumatising and degrading practice.
Tag: Gwent Police
Banned from Blackwood: Teen handed court order to stay away or face arrest
A teenager has been handed a two-year criminal behaviour order (CBO) banning her from certain parts of Blackwood town.
Gang caught with £400k of cocaine and £25k of cash jailed for a total of 31 years
Five members of an organised crime gang, caught with £400,000 worth of cocaine and £25,000 cash, have received a combined jail term of 31 years.
One man taken to hospital after crash in Machen
A man has been taken to hospital following a crash outside Machen Rugby Club during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Prison recall for man, 42, after breaching conditions of his release
Gwent Police is appealing for information to find a Caerphilly man wanted back behind bars.
Police appeal as Caerphilly man, 20, recalled to prison
Gwent Police is searching for Cameron Wooley, 20, who has breached his licence conditions.
Two arrested after armed police raid home following ‘hoax call’
Two people have been arrested after armed police burst into a home in Newport following a “hoax call”.
Two teenagers appear in court over criminal damage and burglary
Two teenagers have appeared in court in connection with break-ins at a charity base.
No injuries reported after car fire caused road closure
Part of St Cenydd Road was closed for several hours on Sunday afternoon after a car caught fire opposite the Texaco garage.
‘Times have changed, crimes have changed, and policing has had to adapt’
Gwent’s police and crime commissioner, Jane Mudd, discusses her new Police, Crime and Justice Plan, which was launched last month.