We look at their crimes and punishment.
Lee Brown
Ricky Marnoch Three drug dealers from the Blackwood area were jailed for a combined total of more than 10 years for trafficking cocaine.
Ex-professional footballer Lee Brown, 44, was locked up along with Joshua Jones, 31, and Ricky Marnoch, 30. The trio were arrested following police raids at the start of the year.
Brandino Ciccione Youth worker Brandino Ciccione was jailed after he fell into a trap set by paedophile hunters who duped him into believing he was grooming a 10-year-old schoolgirl. The 51-year-old, of Graham Street, Newport, was fooled following an online sting operation by the Angels of Innocence group.
Man who spent 16 years on the run over alleged involvement in fatal M4 crash sees case dropped
Omar Hassan, 44, was accused of causing the death of Hama Falih Foran Jabar, 24, by dangerous driving on the M4 near Llanmartin in 2004
A man who spent 16 years on the run after being charged over a fatal M4 crash
has been cleared
of causing death by dangerous driving .
Fugitive Omar Hassan was arrested by South Wales Police officers after being found walking on the M4 in the early hours of the morning on December 21, 2020.
Enquiries revealed that the 44-year-old was on the run after being charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of Hama Falih Foran Jabar, 24, on the M4 in Newport on August 21, 2004. The crash occurred near junction 23 (Magor) westbound at about 6.15am.
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image captionHama Falih Foran Jabar died aged 24 after a crash near Magor on 21 August 2004
A man has denied causing death by dangerous driving after a crash on the M4 motorway almost 17 years ago.
Hama Falih Foran Jabar, an Iraqi national from Newport, died aged 24 after the crash near junction 23 at Magor, Monmouthshire on 21 August 2004.
Omar Ali Hassan, formerly of Commercial Road, Newport, was remanded into police custody after appearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday.
Mr Hassan, who denies the charges, will stand trial on 17 May.
He was initially arrested on suspicion of entering the UK illegally in December, but police discovered he was wanted on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after failing to appear in court in 2004.