Stay updated with breaking news from Dafydd Rees. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The leader of a gang of illegal fisherman escaped jail and was forced to pay just £1 in fines after being found guilty of stealing £62,000 worth of salmon and trout over seven years
Emlyn Rees led an eight-strong poaching gang, whose crimes were called "staggering".
The ringleader of a long-running illegal poaching operation on the Afon Teifi will have £61,791.50 confiscated due to the financial gains he made from his crimes.
AN application has been made to confiscate ill-gotten financial gains made from a 20-year illegal poaching operation on the Teifi.
River authorities have lashed out at the way in which fish stocks are being severely depleted by poachers.