Connections to organised crime, drug trafficking, and firearms in Ammanford
Possible connections:
January 2018.
Nail bar traffickers jailed for modern slavery offences
Mail would sometimes be delivered to my former house, addressed to Viet Nguyen. We would pass any mail that was delivered to the shop. Viet Nguyen posted a Google review for Sophia Nails. However, Viet Nguyen is a common Vietnamese name.
June 2021.
Operation Elegant
Eight people were sentenced to forty years in prison after police broke up a cocaine trafficking gang. About ten houses down the road from the three properties is a pub, the pub was run by the father of one of the people convicted in that case. At least one of the people convicted in that case used to drink at that pub. Her name was Laura Coelho, the daughter of the landlord. Laura Coelho's partner, Shaun Hearne, was also convicted in that case.
In 2015, Laura Coelho was reported as being convicted for her part in a brawl that broke out.
Ammanford street brawl.
The name Shaun is a common name, but is also a name that has been heard in the recordings.
Someone talking to Shaun.
July 2023.
Man jailed for raping and indecently assaulting 11-year-old
This relates to a historic offence that took place around twenty years earlier. I have included this case because the name David has been heard in the recordings, and because his address was stated in news reports to be in College Street, Ammanford. The name David is also mentioned in an article below that relates to gun crime.
Gunshots were recorded.
I shared the recordings of what I suspected to be gunshots with a Mr. Dan Beitzel, who tells me that he was a former US soldier trained in identifying criminality and also identifying weapons. He identified one of the weapons as being an AK‑47 assault rifle. The other sounds he was not so sure about, but said he thought that they could come from shotguns.
May 2021.
Sawn‑off shotguns and ammunition dumped in Tesco bin by bungling criminals
Inside a reusable shopping bag were two sawn‑off shotguns, live cartridges, and an ammunition magazine for an AK‑47 assault rifle. In the news article it was stated:
Perhaps a better phrase would be that neither gun was linked to any known crime, especially given the recorded fact that they had a magazine clip for an AK‑47 assault rifle in their possession.
In one recording, an AK‑47 can be heard firing 62 shots, without reloading.
The magazine clip mentioned in the news article could be compared to see if it was a high‑capacity magazine.
In various news reports, Craig Aguis was reported as living in Cardiff. Someone was recorded in the recordings saying "I live in Cardiff, I do"
May 2024.
Man bought a Glock pistol and ammunition from America
This news article caught my attention as the man concerned was reported as living in Glanaman, Ammanford. Extract from the news article:
The Judge in the case was reported as saying: