Cardiff Crown Court Sentencing Results

Elon Joseph, 35, from Waunarlwydd, Swansea, assisted Gregory Hardy in the organised crime group's operations, which involved supplying cocaine and cannabis across south Wales. He was seen at the business unit in Gorseinon and met with associates to facilitate drug distribution, as part of Operation Bluebell that uncovered large quantities of drugs and cash.

Fation Bardhaj, 40, from Penylan, Cardiff, worked with others to supply cocaine across south Wales as part of an organised crime group. The group was involved in distributing large quantities of cocaine and cannabis, with police seizing 7kg of cocaine and 18kg of cannabis during Operation Bluebell. He was part of the network that operated in Cardiff, Swansea, Port Talbot, and included a cannabis farm in Lampeter valued at over £500,000.

Gregory Hardy, 35, from Waunarlwydd, Swansea, led an organised crime group that distributed cocaine and cannabis across south Wales, including Cardiff, Swansea, and Port Talbot. He had access to a business unit in Gorseinon where drug paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press and empty cocaine wrappings, were seized. The group also set up a cannabis farm in Lampeter with a street value over £500,000.

Abdi Lekaj, 63, from Roath, Cardiff, was involved in an organised crime group's drug supply network, travelling to London to collect 2 kilograms of cocaine from Mirsad Nerguti. He was arrested en route back to south Wales, with forensic evidence linking the seizure to the group's operations during Operation Bluebell.

Bardhok Bardhoj, 52, from Cilcennin, Ceredigion, was a key figure in an organised crime group supplying cocaine and cannabis in south Wales. He managed the cannabis production at a farm in Lampeter, which had a potential street value of over £500,000, and participated in exchanges of drugs and cash with other members during Operation Bluebell.

Klodian Zefi, 36, from Roath, Cardiff, was involved in an organised crime group that supplied large quantities of cocaine and cannabis across south Wales. Police investigations revealed the group possessed almost £600,000 worth of cocaine and £175,000 worth of cannabis, along with cash and drug paraphernalia during Operation Bluebell.

Christopher Heaney was a member of an organised crime gang involved in a £7m heroin conspiracy. The gang, based in Liverpool, supplied heroin across the UK. Heaney distributed the drugs and was part of the group brought down after the arrest of Steven Creasey in Scotland on May 12, 2022. Raids in 2022 uncovered heroin, cocaine, adulterants, opium, cannabis, and other items at properties in Cardiff, Liverpool, Scotland, and Northumberland.

Toby Chadwick was caught with £1,800 in cash, cocaine worth £560, and a mobile phone with references to drug supply while driving in Newport on July 30, 2022. He was also found slumped over the wheel of a car with 10 grams of cocaine between December 8 and 9, 2023. Police stopped his vehicle due to suspicions of drug involvement, and he had prior convictions for trafficking class A drugs.

Api Ratuniyarawa, a 37-year-old Fiji international rugby player, sexually assaulted three teenagers in the VIP area of the Revolution bar in Cardiff on three consecutive nights while intoxicated. The incidents occurred in the week leading up to a rugby match where he was scheduled to play for the Barbarians against Wales on November 4, 2023. He stopped the assaults only because others intervened, and the victims suffered physical and psychological harm.

Stephen John Williams organised the illegal deposit of 2,600 tonnes of contaminated textile waste at sites in Caerphilly, Cowbridge, and Dolgellau between October 2018 and October 2019. At Hengwrt in Dolgellau, 527 tonnes of waste including clothing, carpets, foam, and mattresses were found. He failed to comply with a legal notice to clear the site, posing a fire risk and leaving landowners with clean-up costs.

Ian Watkins, former frontman of the rock band Lostprophets, committed a series of child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. He admitted to conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven counts involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children, and possessing an extreme image involving a sex act on an animal. The offences occurred prior to his arrest in 2012, with the sentencing reflecting the extreme depravity of the crimes influenced by his fame, drugs, and power.