0:00:02 > 0:00:05This time on Police 24/7:
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Officers call time on a pub in Merthyr Tydfil...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12This is as bad as it gets in a public house.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15In the custody suites, the cleaners are fighting grime...
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Sometimes it's best to try and not overthink it. Just clean it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:25..and the mounted police get into the swing of things at Porthcawl's Elvis Festival.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29# Because I love you too much baby... #
0:00:32 > 0:00:35This is a week in the life of South Wales Police.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Seven days of action with the cops on the street and the criminals that they try to beat.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47This is Police 24/7.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59In the Rhondda Valley, PCs Steve White and Rachel O'Donnell
0:00:59 > 0:01:01are responding to a 999 call.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Yeah, we're heading towards Tonypandy anyway, we'll have a look at that caller.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Bar staff informed a customer that he'd had enough to drink,
0:01:12 > 0:01:18but when the officers arrive, the man is nowhere to be found.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Was he blotto?
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Yeah, and he grabbed a chair on the way out, launched it over there, smashed the spindles...
0:01:24 > 0:01:28And then we were trying to shut the doors after we asked him to leave,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30cos he was offering all the boys on and that.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35- White jumper... Trousers? - Yeah, dark blue jeans. Dark hair.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- All right, then, we'll give you a bell.- Cheers! Ta-ra!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And so the officers start their manhunt.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49What we going to do now, we're just having a look around,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51cos we've been given a description,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and see if we can find him and arrest him for criminal damage.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58He's wearing a white woolly jumper with black buttons on it
0:01:58 > 0:01:59and dark coloured trousers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Could you keep your eye out for him
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and give me a shout if you see him?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07He could be anywhere. It's one of those.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10If we don't find him in the next quarter of an hour, 20 minutes,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13our best bet is to try his house later
0:02:13 > 0:02:16and hope he's gone home to bed, or get him another day.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Cardiff Bay Police Station.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Home to one of the largest custody suites in the UK.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Working in the capital city cells, a custody sergeant must be
0:02:36 > 0:02:39ready for anything coming through the doors.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Are you going to do anything silly in the cell today?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Have I got to take my trousers off? - Well, it depends, doesn't it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Have you got any strings on there?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Sergeant Hywel Morgan is starting his shift.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Right then, Roger. Did you miss the reason why you've been arrested?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01To be honest with you, erm, yes and no.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06OK, reason I've got is, you've been verbally abusive to the door staff,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09tried to punch out at the door staff...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- What's the injury to your mouth, mate?- I don't know.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Do you want to just turn your lip inside-out for us?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- It's nothing serious. - Just a bit of a fat lip, is it? Yeah.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Did he tell you what force was used to restrain him before he arrived?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Detained on the ground, handcuffed, strapped and placed in a cage.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- You guys strapped him, yeah?- Yeah. - OK, how long was he strapped for?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Five minutes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38He's quite a thickset guy and it took seven officers to put him
0:03:38 > 0:03:40in the back of the van, apparently,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44so you might have seen a different side to him if he'd have
0:03:44 > 0:03:49continued with that conduct, but once he's calm, he's quite a nice guy.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52HE SLURS
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I guess we see all sorts of society, don't we?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59You get nice, pleasant people in, who you're quite empathetic with
0:03:59 > 0:04:02and then you get people who for 24 hours,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06or even 36 hours, they're a complete wild animal...
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Best place for some of them is in here.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19With 60 cells holding lots of reluctant visitors,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23custody cleaners Jackie and Leslie are always busy.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26This is a bit like the Jaws film, you know that sound,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28because you don't know what you're coming into.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30JAWS THEME
0:04:30 > 0:04:33We need some lights on, I know that.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37That doesn't really look too pleasant,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I wouldn't be too sure about that one.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42But we've got stuff to clean it, anyway.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46We've not been made aware of anything going on, you know,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50any goings-on during the evening, but you never know!
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Sometimes it's best not to try and overthink it, just clean it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Cos I think if you find out what it is half the time,
0:04:58 > 0:04:59you wouldn't do it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02So I tend not to want to know, and that way I can just get on
0:05:02 > 0:05:04and do it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09And of course, even a sink, you wouldn't believe the little things you find in sinks.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Faeces, in the sink. I thought it was hot chocolate and it wasn't. Eurgh!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It wasn't good. I didn't like it at all.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- She thought it was funny, I didn't. - This is where the fun comes in!
0:05:20 > 0:05:22THEY LAUGH
0:05:25 > 0:05:29South Wales Police have a four-legged weapon in the fight against crime.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31The mounted police.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39PCs Steve Durrani and Lisa Brown are en-route to Porthcawl.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Tonight, officer Durrani and Rubin
0:05:45 > 0:05:48will be policing the annual Elvis Festival.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54He wants to know if he's on time-and-a-half at the moment.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Working so late in the night, extra oats for him in the morning.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Saddled up, the officers ride into town.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10With thousands of Elvis fans expected to be all shook up,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13officer Durrani enters the party spirit.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15# Caught in a trap
0:06:16 > 0:06:17# I can't walk out
0:06:18 > 0:06:22# Because I love you too much baby... #
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Wherever the mounted police patrol, they always attract attention.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Brilliant, hello, boy.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- You had a good time?- Yeah, lovely night.- Been here before?- No.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Our first time, first time. - We enjoyed it.- I enjoyed it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Best attraction here!
0:06:47 > 0:06:48But it's not long into his shift,
0:06:48 > 0:06:53and officer Durrani's suspicious mind has spotted something.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Has anyone got a torch on them?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Leave them there, I'll bag 'em now.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06- I've got two on me, Chris. How many have we got there? - One, two...- Yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09That white bag's got to do something with it, I reckon.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15Right, possibly a Class A drug, something like a sulphate,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20I believe, but we might get it field-tested now.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27So we've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Haven't been long on shift.- No, we've been on five minutes, isn't it?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Having found some suspected drugs,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38it's back to the original job of the night -
0:07:38 > 0:07:40safely controlling the crowd.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42# I'm all shook up, uh-huh-huh... #
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Obviously, this is the place where people are being picked up,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47just in case people are going to fight over taxis, etc,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50so just monitoring the crowd at the moment.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57Can you tell me an old horse story? Go on. Tell me.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04They love the horses, and it's good, cos they defuse situations sometimes, as well.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06People will be up here, and before you know it,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09they see the horses and they come right back down.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10They're a good tool.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25In the Rhondda, officers White and O'Donnell have identified the man
0:08:25 > 0:08:29in the pub fracas and they have had a tip-off as to his whereabouts.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- I need a hand. Can you come over the Welcome Inn for me? - 'What's the problem?'
0:08:34 > 0:08:37This Craig Summers, apparently is in the Welcome Inn,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41so we're going to try and arrest him now while we can, while we know where he is.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45But obviously, we're going to be entering licensed premises,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49everybody's going to be jolly drunk, so I wouldn't mind a bit of back-up.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51'Yeah, stand by.'
0:08:51 > 0:08:56The problem is, we're going to have a bar full of intoxicated persons
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and we're going to try and arrest someone who is also drunk
0:08:59 > 0:09:04and in an aggressive state, and it's a recipe for disaster.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Or a bit of fun, whichever way you look at it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11We've come to possibly lock up a lad we think is in here.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Oh, the boy in the white T-shirt? I saw him about ten minutes ago.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Oh, did you see which way they went? - I wouldn't have a clue.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Sugar, just missed him, then.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25They left about ten minutes ago, no direction of travel.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30We'll drive straight back up through Pandy,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34and then we'll do some more of the side streets.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- He's obviously about.- 'I don't think there is anything at the moment'.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40KNOCK ON DOOR
0:09:42 > 0:09:46With no sign of Craig on the streets, it's time to check at his mam's house.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Hi, you all right? Is Craig your son? Can we come in a sec, yeah?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Basically, I think they've refused him booze,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01because he looked a bit aggressive.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Craig, get hold of me straight away, and I mean it. Ta-ra.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Through to voicemail, is it? Yeah. Right, OK.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13He is going to need to be spoken to. If you don't find him tonight,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15we're going to have to keep knocking the door until we find him.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17If you do speak to him before we do, tell him
0:10:17 > 0:10:21to go to the police station in Ton Pentre and hand himself in.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23He's old enough to know better.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36In Cardiff Bay Police Station, some of the more vocal occupants
0:10:36 > 0:10:40in custody are making their presence felt to cleaners Jackie and Leslie.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50He's not very happy.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53When they're like that, you don't really like to acknowledge them,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55but if they try talking to you,
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- they get nasty if you don't answer them.- Yeah.- So we normally tiptoe out of here quietly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Arriving in custody is a female detainee who's been arrested
0:11:07 > 0:11:09and has mental health issues.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Sergeant Hywel Morgan wants the female officers to try
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and persuade the woman to wear rip-proof clothing for her own safety.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Got the benefit of CCTV on the wing, so just monitoring it, really.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Two female members of staff and an inspector on tonight,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37so the three of them have got their hands full.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41It's quite hard to restrain someone without hurting them, really.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46SHOUTING
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Sergeant Morgan has to deal with detainees like this
0:11:51 > 0:11:53on an increasingly regular basis.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Most shifts, we get people in here who've got mental health issues,
0:11:57 > 0:12:02every shift varying from depression to severe psychotic illnesses.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Unfortunately, the hospitals can't accept them
0:12:05 > 0:12:09when they're intoxicated, so they come here as a place of safety.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Maybe disturbing for them that they've got to come to a police station,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15into a cell, when in all intents and purposes,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17they haven't really done anything wrong.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21It can aggravate their mental condition and how they behave,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23but we've got to try and deal the best we can.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36At Mounted Police HQ, officer Durrani is preparing Rubin for another shift.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42I enjoy riding, but I get a certain pleasure out of actually
0:12:42 > 0:12:45grooming the horse. It's quite therapeutic.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Obviously, when they're groomed, you see the finished work,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52it's a bit like polishing a car, in some ways.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Each horse has got its own character.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Rubin can be quite bolshy, but he'll do anything for food.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01A bit like me, really.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Absolutely adores his food.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08It's been Steve's career ambition to be part of this elite
0:13:08 > 0:13:10division in the force.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I applied in '95 and wasn't successful
0:13:12 > 0:13:15and then there was a mission to get on the department, applied then
0:13:15 > 0:13:18in '97, '98, 2000,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and the standing joke was if I could ride Shergar in alive,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I possibly could get on the department.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28But through perseverance, I got on here, I think it was 2008,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I got on the department, and never looked back.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Today, officer Durrani and PC Sian Smith
0:13:36 > 0:13:40are patrolling the busy streets of the capital city.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- Is he warm?- Yeah, he's been walking for three hours. He's a bit sweaty.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Make sure that child's belted up in the back, as well.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52From their unique vantage point,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54they have spotted someone breaking the law.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58We need you to pull up. No seat belt and a child, three no seat belts.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Turn left, pull left.- If you turn left, follow me, sir.- Left.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Follow me.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Is it your wife in the back, as well?- Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Why is she not wearing a seat belt either?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14We've been driving for five minutes.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16OK, it doesn't matter how far you go in the car,
0:14:16 > 0:14:17you must always wear your seat belt.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20He's only been driving for five minutes,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23but I would query, how long does it take to have an accident?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Less than five minutes, for sure.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30I've issued him with a ticket for these seat belts and given him
0:14:30 > 0:14:31suitable advice.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Have you learned your lesson that you wear your seat belt now?- Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- You definitely will?- Yes. It's true. Thank you very much.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43OK, let's go.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52In the Rhondda, PC Steve White has had a breakthrough in the search
0:14:52 > 0:14:55for the man wanted for damage at a local pub.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Yeah, tell him to wait by there. We'll go straight to Domino's now.
0:14:59 > 0:15:06It appears my colleague's got hold of our suspect Craig Summers in Tonypandy.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Having handed himself in, Craig seems keen to get things sorted.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- So you knew you was going to come down to the nick with us?- Yeah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You'll have to go in the cage, all right?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Policing in the Rhondda is a unique experience for Officer White.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30When I first got posted in the Rhondda, I thought,
0:15:30 > 0:15:31"You're having a laugh!"
0:15:31 > 0:15:37I thought it was like a film set from The Hills Have Eyes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41But fortunately, I've come to love it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I wouldn't work anywhere else now.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I love the people.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48For all the stereotypes, it's a great place to work.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58At Ton Pentre Police Station, it's time for Craig
0:15:58 > 0:16:01to explain his drunken antics.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Have a seat over by there for us.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09The allegation is you, in a temper over not being served, picked up
0:16:09 > 0:16:14a bar chair, you've thrown it across the bar, which has hit the spindles,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18broken them, bounced off and it's then hit the picture on the wall.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Do you remember that happening?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- So you can't remember.- I was ruined.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26What do you mean by "ruined"?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- I was smashed, drunk, like.- Drunk?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Unfortunately in the eyes of the law, drunkenness isn't an excuse.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36How do you feel about your actions?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Gutted.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I've got no further questions, then.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Craig now regrets going out last night.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Stupid, isn't it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48That's what drink does to you!
0:16:48 > 0:16:50INTERVIEWER: How are you feeling now?
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Still hungover.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I just want to go back to my bed, and get some water down me.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Craig apologised to the landlord of the pub,
0:17:01 > 0:17:06and he later appeared in court, where he was fined £365.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18In Aberdare, Sergeant Richie Gardiner is preparing to go to work.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26As well as being a police officer, he's also one of Wales's top runners.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31I've been running since I was nine, so I was a runner long before this job.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36What stuck out to me in my early service days
0:17:36 > 0:17:38when I was chasing people a lot on foot
0:17:38 > 0:17:41is how many of them would want to, amongst their friends,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43tell you a story when they had run away from you,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and none of these stories are true! But they were, "I got away from you."
0:17:46 > 0:17:50He's like Spartacus. And it's like, "No, you didn't!"
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Officer Gardiner has won six Welsh Marathon titles
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and a Commonwealth award in long-distance running.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Most days he runs the five miles
0:18:02 > 0:18:04from home to his office in Merthyr Tydfil.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Welcome and thanks everybody for attending on Operation Banquet.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Today he's briefing his team on a special operation -
0:18:14 > 0:18:17targeting the issues of underage drinking.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Kelv, we've got a young person coming in this evening looking to
0:18:21 > 0:18:25purchase alcohol from the premises where we've had intelligence
0:18:25 > 0:18:28that they're selling to underage people
0:18:28 > 0:18:29and again if they do that,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32we will be dealing with that swiftly and positively.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36More than a third of under-16s in Wales
0:18:36 > 0:18:39admit to drinking alcohol regularly.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Sergeant Gardiner and his team are determined
0:18:43 > 0:18:45to tackle the problem on their patch.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52We are now mobile and we would be looking for an RV point with you
0:18:52 > 0:18:54when convenient, mate.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00What's occurring, buddy?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Sarge. How are you? So far so good.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Obviously we haven't got positive results but they are positive
0:19:06 > 0:19:09in that they're asking for ID, checking age,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12and if they're not happy, they're not serving.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14So the message is getting through.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We'll go up, up towards the estate and the rugby area.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19If you get a positive, Kelv...
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Straight away. OK. Lovely.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Thanks.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35In Cardiff, mounted police officer Steve Durrani...
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Come out.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39..has spotted a van driver taking risks on the road.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I have seen you on your mobile phone. On the roads here. OK?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48You're under caution and you do not have to say anything,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50however it may harm your defence now if you mention something
0:19:50 > 0:19:52which you later rely on in court.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Whose vehicle is it?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Working.- You're just working?- Yeah.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02So it's not your vehicle?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I'm not working.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- You're working?- Yeah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Do you own this vehicle? Is this yours? Have you paid for it?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Simple question. Have you paid for it?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21You must have some identification on you.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Have you got a driving licence?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27You must have something like a bank card?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28In the house.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Nothing on you?- My jacket.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32OK, you have a look in your jacket.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34What address is he giving us?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Nothing yet.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Well, can he give us an address where he lives?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39That would be nice. Who's that?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Uh?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Who's this person. Is this you?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47If we don't believe you saying who you are, we can arrest you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50You can come to the police station. If we do not believe you.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- It's very important. You must know where you live.- I am my address.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Your address. Not the company address. YOUR address.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Steve thinks the man is pretending to not understand him,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and suspects he's hiding something.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08He's not really communicating or co-operating with us,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11so I think the question is, we'll have to bring him into custody
0:21:11 > 0:21:16because I have got a gut feeling that he possibly is illegal.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24The man later pleaded guilty to driving offences.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30And Officer Durrani's gut instinct was bang on.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37With no right to be in the UK, the man was ordered to return to India.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41But he skipped bail and is currently on the run.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50In Merthyr Tydfil, Sergeant Gardiner's operation
0:21:50 > 0:21:52into underage alcohol sales continues.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57'Sergeant. Number one Licensing Officer with a positive -
0:21:57 > 0:22:00'repeat positive - test purchase.'
0:22:00 > 0:22:04A 15-year-old test purchaser has been able to buy strong lager,
0:22:04 > 0:22:09and Licensing Officer Kelvin Jones has the evidence.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11All right, Kelv. What have we got, guys?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14What we've got is a straightforward sale, Sarge.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17There's a single lady making the sale.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Hasn't asked for any ID, any age.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23No due diligence as far as we're concerned.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Apparently she was talking about the weather. So the guy's paid for it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Walked out. It's as simple as that.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32What's happened about five minutes ago,
0:22:32 > 0:22:37we've sent a test purchase operator in, who's aged 15 years of age,
0:22:37 > 0:22:43you've made a sale, basically. He's described who was in here.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Is there anybody else working here?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46No. Just you. OK.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I'm quite happy that you've made the sale, yeah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I did, yeah.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Them are the items.- Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55The guy himself, as I say,
0:22:55 > 0:23:00he's 15 years of age, and for what he tells me...
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I didn't ask him, no, I didn't.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0515 years of age, unacceptable.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08My daughter's only 15.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11What I propose to do, I intend giving you a fixed penalty.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14It's a fixed penalty for £80.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Don't upset yourself.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20At the end of the day, that is it as far as we're concerned. OK?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Don't upset yourself too much about it. All right? OK.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26All right. No problem.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34Once a store is known for selling alcohol, it becomes a honeypot,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and you get young people catching buses from other communities
0:23:37 > 0:23:41into an area to all have a bit of it,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45and whereas it turns from five, ten young people,
0:23:45 > 0:23:5020, 30 young people, and then we've got a real problem on our hands,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55and it causes real distress to the communities that that shop is selling to.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09Over 17,000 detainees came into South Wales Police custody suites
0:24:09 > 0:24:13last year, and it's a constant battle against crime and grime
0:24:13 > 0:24:16for cleaners like Jackie and Leslie.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20These are the holding cells so when they bring a detainee in,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24they're left in here for a short length of time,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27until they actually book them in,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and in the short length of time they're in here,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32you wouldn't believe the mess they can make in a holding cell!
0:24:32 > 0:24:35We even tell them off for putting their feet on the walls.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37You wouldn't do that at home, don't do it here.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41They don't take any notice.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Another detainee is booking in for a stay
0:24:44 > 0:24:46with Custody Sergeant Hywel Morgan.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- What's the offence?- Shoplifting.- OK.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55And when searching his clothing,
0:24:55 > 0:25:00recovered a quantity of cannabis resin in his jacket pocket.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Are we all done? Are we ready to interview or..?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I can go into interview with him.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09That's fine, OK. Yeah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14It's been an OK shift, really. For a Sunday, a little bit busy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17And I had a bit of a late lunch.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Whether you call it an early breakfast, I'm not sure,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23but there's 40 minutes to go till home-time
0:25:23 > 0:25:27and then four days off, so I guess I can't wait now.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31And Leslie and Jackie are keen to finish too.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Sorry, guys, I'm coming that way so if you want to move,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36you'd better hurry up.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Sorry, Sarge. Can you just...? Sorry, darling.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42There you go.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46And as one sergeant's shift finishes, another starts.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47..you will be kept in custody.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49You'll be placed before the next available court,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51which is first thing in the morning.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54The reason for it is to prevent you committing further offence...
0:25:54 > 0:25:59The custody suite is always open for business, 24/7.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Also nearing the end of their shift is elite athlete
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Sergeant Richie Gardiner, and PC Kelvin Jones.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16He should know better as a runner, but his habits are just as bad.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20If I had a job where I could just sit around and plan my food all day,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I'd still have chips.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26There's only so much healthy food you can eat, isn't it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28LAUGHTER
0:26:31 > 0:26:35But soon the team are called back out on to the streets of Merthyr,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38following up a tip-off about possible underage drinking at a pub.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43The officers have to act fast, ensuring all exits are covered.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46BANGING ON DOOR
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Stay on the door over there!- OK.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Guys, I want IDs off you all.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Those of you who've got ID on you, can you get your IDs out, please?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02All of these guys in here now, a lot of these appear to be underage.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Stay put! That's all we are asking!
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Do you understand that we've got a serious breach of regulations
0:27:09 > 0:27:10here tonight? Yeah?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I just couldn't see what was going on.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14If they come to the bar and they were having Cokes...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17You haven't got just two or three in here tonight, have you?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20That indicates to me you haven't been using due diligence.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21They're not from my area.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25I don't care what area they're from. Ultimately, they haven't been checked.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28You've been serving them alcohol. We're happy with 18-year-olds.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It is someone's 18th birthday, see.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oh, it's an 18th birthday party now, is it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35If it goes on Facebook, you can't help it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38I wouldn't say you've got control over this premises tonight.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- When I point at you, just tell me your age.- 17.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Ultimately, you guys are not entitled to be in a pub
0:27:44 > 0:27:48drinking alcohol. Does that make sense? Yeah?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51This is as bad as it gets in a public house
0:27:51 > 0:27:55because 16 and 17-year-olds getting tanked up, going out on the streets,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57who knows what they're going to do to each other, other people,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and the community at large as well. So it's a concern.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04We're on top of it but it shouldn't be going on.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Out of the 80 people counted out of the pub...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Come on then, guys! Move on!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13..59 were underage.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18It'll be hard to prove whether or not they were drinking alcohol,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22but this pub is now on the radar of Sergeant Gardiner and his team.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25You get your good days, you get your bad days.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Personalities make your job, don't they,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31and if you're working with good people, you know,
0:28:31 > 0:28:36you're happy and I'm happy as long as they keep my team together - please!
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