Teifi poacher ordered to pay back more than £60,000
Date of alert:
Thursday 7 July 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Wales - Dyfed-Powys Police
The ringleader of a long-running illegal poaching operation on the Afon Teifi will have £61,791.50 confiscated due to the financial gains he made from his crimes.
In a sentencing hearing at Swansea Crown Court earlier today (8 July), the Judge also ordered that Emlyn Rees, of Dan y Graig, Cenarth, will pay a fine of £1,600 and costs of £1,000. Mr Rees will also have his fishing and netting equipment seized from him. As Rees was unable to pay the sum for confiscation, he was made to pay a nominal sum of £1.
If he comes into money or assets in the future, the remaining debt will be confiscated.
Rees had previously pleaded guilty to illegal fishing charges brought forward by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). NRW had also made an application under the Proceeds of Crime Act to confiscate ill-gotten financial gains.
