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Disqualified HGV driver arrested after lorry seen driving on wrong side of the road
Off‑duty officer reports lorry “on the wrong side of the road”
Dyfed‑Powys Police said the incident began when an off‑duty officer contacted the Force Communication Centre at around 1am on 29 January. The officer reported seeing a heavy goods vehicle being driven “erratically” on the A40 between Narberth and St Clears, including “on the wrong side of the road on multiple occasions”.
Police said the behaviour posed a “potential risk to other road users”, prompting immediate checks on the vehicle and a deployment by the Roads Policing Unit.
Specialist pursuit tactics prepared as HGV tracked across west Wales
According to the force, officers located the lorry travelling eastbound on the A48 between Carmarthen and Cross Hands. Dyfed‑Powys Police said the priority was the safety of the public and officers, and that specialist Tactical Pursuit and Containment (TPAC) advice was obtained.
Because of the vehicle’s direction of travel, the force said South Wales Police TPAC officers and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) were also brought in to support the operation.
The HGV was kept under “constant observation” as it continued along the A48 and onto the M4, police confirmed.
Lorry stopped in Fforestfach as officers move in
Dyfed‑Powys Police said the vehicle eventually came to a stop at an industrial estate in the Fforestfach area of Swansea, where officers detained the driver.
The force confirmed the 22‑year‑old man was arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified and immigration offences. The HGV was seized under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act.
Driver charged and remanded to court
In an update issued the following day, Dyfed‑Powys Police named the driver as Tajinder Singh, of Tudor Road, Southall.
The force said he has been charged with driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle on a road without insurance. He was remanded to appear before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 30 January.
Police urge public to report dangerous driving
Dyfed‑Powys Police said anyone with concerns about dangerous driving should report it, adding that roads policing officers “will take action to detect unsafe driving and prevent serious collisions”.
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Port Talbot driver jailed after 70mph chase through 20mph zone
Ryan Simon, 33, took a car from an address in Port Talbot on November 21 last year and fitted it with stolen number plates. He also stole items inside the vehicle, including a dash‑cam, a driving licence and cash.
When police approached him the following day, Simon drove off — narrowly avoiding dragging an officer along with the car.
A pursuit began, with Simon hitting speeds of 60mph to 70mph in a 20mph zone, ignoring traffic‑calming measures, running a red light and narrowly avoiding a collision before smashing into an unmarked police car.
He then mounted the kerb, showing what the court heard was a “disregard” for the safety of pedestrians.
At Cardiff Crown Court, Judge Paul Hobson told him: “You could have killed somebody, it’s sheer luck you didn’t do so. The fact you caused only major damage to the vehicle was sheer good fortune.”
Simon, of Kern Close, Sandfields, later admitted aggravated vehicle taking, theft from a motor vehicle, theft, and driving while disqualified.
The court heard he already had a string of previous convictions, including aggravated vehicle taking, driving while disqualified, taking vehicles without consent, theft, robbery and burglary.
In mitigation, the court was told Simon had struggled with cocaine use but had been engaging with drug and alcohol programmes while on remand and had been working in the prison kitchen.
He was jailed for 18 months and banned from driving for four years and nine months.
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