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The driver of a scrap metal lorry has been prosecuted for not having a waste transfer note as required by law. Adam Joseph Eady was driving a DAF lorry on the B4556 at Penygroes, near Cross Hands, last November when he was stopped as part of a joint operation by Carmarthenshire County Council and Dyfed Powys Police. The lorry, owned by Ammanford Metal Recycling, was carrying a consignment of scrap metals. Eady said he didn’t have a waste transfer note as the office dealt with all the paperwork. The firm said all drivers were issued with transfer notes. Twenty three-year-old Eady pleaded guilty at Carmarthen Magistrates Court on Monday to an offence contrary to Section 34 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Dyfed-Powys Police and Carmarthenshire County Council regularly conduct joint operations, which are designed to deter the increase of thefts of metals throughout Carmarthenshire, and prevent fly tipping. One aim of these operations is to ensure that consignments of controll...

A Gwendraeth Valley man has been prosecuted for illegally carrying scrap metal. Jonathan Mark Wright, aged 33, of Clos Gwyn, Tumble, pleaded guilty by post to an offence contrary to the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. Carmarthen Magistrates Court heard that Wright was stopped by police in Cross Hands. He was in a vehicle with scrap metal on it but did not have a waste carriers licence. The information was passed on to the council’s environmental enforcement officers who contacted Environment Agency Wales to check if Wright was a registered waste carrier. He did not hold the relevant licence and was prosecuted in court as a result. Wright was fined £75 by magistrates and ordered to pay full costs of £203.72. The council now hopes this case will act as a warning to others and help prevent the illegal transport of waste which often results in fly-tipping . All businesses that carry waste, including scrap merchants, ...

A man has been fined £150 and ordered to pay £227.68 court costs for illegally carrying scrap metal in Carmarthen. Christian Ambrosen pleaded guilty to offences contrary to Section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Carmarthen Magistrates Court. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that Ambrosen was stopped by police on September 1, 2011 on the A40 near Carmarthen in a vehicle which was carrying a consignment of scrap metal. However, the 22-year-old, of Milton Place, Machen, Caerphilly, failed to provide a written description of the waste, together with a waste transfer note. The matter was referred to the council’s environmental enforcement section who again wrote to Ambrosen asking him to produce the documentation, which again he failed to do. He was prosecuted in court as a result. The council now hopes this case will act as a warning to others and help prevent ...

A Llanelli man has been fined £345 and ordered to pay £156 court costs for illegally carrying scrap metal. Stacey Williams Janes, aged 26, of Brynawelon, pleaded guilty at Carmarthen Magistrates Court to offences contrary to the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and the Environmental Protection Act 1995. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that Janes was stopped by police in a Ford Transit lorry near junction 48 on the M4 on Friday, July 29 as part of a multi-agency operation targeting scrap metal dealers in Carmarthenshire. The vehicle was carrying a number of items of scrap metals. Enquiries made by the council’s environmental enforcement officers with Environment Agency Wales revealed that Janes was not a registered waste carrier. The court also heard that Janes had been stopped by police just two weeks prior to this incident, again carrying various scrap metal. On this occasion he failed ...

A Llanybydder man has been prosecuted for failing to fill in the appropriate documentation for the waste he was carrying. Richard Walter Hopson, aged 58, of Arlyn, Llanllwni, Llanybydder; pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Ammanford Magistrates Court. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that Hopson was stopped by police and the council’s environmental enforcement officers in a Blue Ford Transit in Cross Hands as part of a joint operation targeting scrap metal dealers in Carmarthenshire. The vehicle was carrying a substantial amount of scrap metal including three wheel barrows, vehicle body parts, computers, fencing and heating boilers. The officers asked Hopson if he was registered with the Environment Agency as a waste carrier. He said he was and provided his waste carriers licence. He was then asked if he had any waste transfer notes for the waste he was carrying as required by law. The ...

A man has been prosecuted by Carmarthenshire County Council for failing to fill in the appropriate documentation for the waste he was carrying. Harry John Jones, aged 49, of Gwelfor, Fishguard, pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Ammanford Magistrates Court. The court heard that Jones was stopped by police and the council’s environmental enforcement officers in a white Mercedes Atego lorry on the A48 near Nantycaws as part of a joint operation targeting scrap metal thefts in Carmarthenshire. The vehicle was carrying a large consignment of scrap metals. Jones told the officers that he was a registered waste carrier but that he had not completed waste transfer notes for the scrap metal. He was cautioned and told that the facts of the case would be reported for the consideration of prosecuting him for the offence. Jones was fined £350 by magistrates and ordered to pay £100 towards prosecution costs. The council now hopes this cas...

A man has been prosecuted for failing to fill in the appropriate documentation for the waste he was carrying. Nelson David Price, aged 48, of Golden Lane, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Ammanford Magistrates Court. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that Price was stopped by police and the council’s environmental enforcement officers in a Ford Transit pick-up truck in Cefneithin as part of a joint operation targeting scrap metal dealers in Carmarthenshire. The vehicle was carrying two metal gates and a number of metal girders. Enquiries revealed Price was a registered waste carrier but when asked if he had waste transfer notes, he said he didn’t know he needed them. The council officer explained that when he received his registration certificate from the Environment Agency, he would have received instructions regarding the requirement to complete waste transfer notes. As he ...

A man has been fined £350 and ordered to pay £110 court costs for illegally carrying scrap metal in Carmarthenshire. Mathew George Jones, aged 27, of Sageston Grange, Sageston, Pembrokeshire, was convicted in absence for an offence contrary to Section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 at Ammanford Magistrates Court. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that Jones was driving a HGV carrying two scrapped vehicles and was stopped by police on the A48 near Nantycaws, Carmarthen. He told police he was the owner of the HGV and when questioned about the ownership of the scrap vehicles on the back of the lorry, he first maintained that they were his, but after further questioning admitted that they were old vehicles. When the officer asked to see Jones’s waste carriers licence, he said that he was in the process of applying for it. When asked if he had a licence, he said no. The information was passed on to Carmarthenshire County Counc...

A Llanelli man has been fined £360 and ordered to pay £150 court costs for illegally carrying scrap metal. Cornelius Price, aged 51, of Pen-y-Bryn Caravan Park, was convicted in absence for an offence contrary to Section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 at Ammanford Magistrates Court. The prosecution was brought by Carmarthenshire County Council. The court heard that on Wednesday, October 6 last year police stopped a Ford Transit type vehicle carrying scrap metal along Trevaughan Road in Carmarthen. The driver’s details were taken and passed on to the council’s environmental enforcement section. Checks were carried out with the Environment Agency and it was established Price was not registered as a waste carrier. Various letters were sent asking him to attend for interview but he failed to make any contact. As a result, he was prosecuted through the magistrates court. The council now hopes this case will act as a warning to others and help prevent the illegal transpor...

Roads policing officers in Carmarthenshire teamed up with the local council’s environmental enforcement officers recently to target unlicensed scrap metal collectors and crack down on the theft of scrap metal across the county. Operation Beagle was carried out across the whole county and resulted in a total of 12 vehicles being stop-checked. “This was a multi-agency operation aimed at proactively targeting and searching for unlicensed scrap metal collectors and potential scrap metal thieves,” said Roads Policing Sergeant Lee Williams. “Together with colleagues from the council we stop checked 12 vehicles. Eight of the vehicle drivers were reported for not having a waste carriers licence or no waste transfer notices. “Two referrals have been made for offences under the Pollution Act, four fixed penalty notices were issued for motoring offences and one report for a driving offence. “We also seized one vehicle because the driver did not have the appropriate insurance in place for its use....

A Swansea man has been prosecuted for collecting scrap metal in Carmarthenshire without a licence. Malcolm John Crane was convicted in absence at Ammanford Magistrates Court to an offence of carrying controlled waste, namely scrap metal, when he was not the holder of a waste carrier’s licence, contrary to Section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. The court heard that on Wednesday, April 21 this year police stopped a Ford Transit van at Woodfield Road, Llandybie, near Ammanford, driven by Crane. On checking the vehicle, the police established Crane had been collecting scrap metal from various locations in the Ammanford area. The police contacted the council’s environmental enforcement officers who attended the scene and examined the contents of the van. Crane conceded he did not hold a valid waste carrier’s licence and that he had collected the scrap metals from various addresses in the Ammanford area and hoped to be paid £60 per tonne for it. He was told he would be r...