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.

Dyfed-Powys Police's Rural Crime Team say they have already recovered some items, including a minibus, Land Rover, quad and scrambler, which were taken from the Rhayader area.

Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for information regarding hundreds of stolen sheep.

Research carried out by a Meifod student is being used by Dyfed-Powys Police to consider how to deal with rural crime issues.

The forces’s rural crime team confirmed that the warning had been been given out earlier this month following the incident on The Glyndwrs Way public road route, which runs between Knighton and Welshpool.

A 50-year-old farmer who died in a tractor accident last week suffered crush injuries to his upper body, an inquest has heard.

Thieves stole 140 Welsh Mountain ewes along with 15 rams from the Abergwesyn to Devils Staircase common hill.

The Rural Crime Team at Dyfed-Powys Police says it is currently investigating the incident, and is appealing for anybody who may have information which could assist officers.

The death is the second such occurrence involving a goshawk in Powys in recent weeks. In March police officers began investigating the death of a goshawk that was found in the Llanidloes area.

The force’s Rural Crime Team said officers had been on patrol in the Beacons on Sunday, April 10, educating and advising visitors on the dangers of setting fires – adding that national park staff had extinguished two unattended fires in the region over the weekend.

Llyn Clywedog, near Llanidloes is one of the few places in Wales to spot ospreys, and the wait for their return is eagerly awaited every spring.

Welshpool Police is enlisting the help of local residents in their fight to stop illegal off roaders churning up forest tracks.

Police are appealing for information after nesting birds were shot at in the Sennybridge area.

Officers from Dyfed Powys Police's Rural Crime Team are appealing for information after 140 Welsh Mountain ewes and 15 rams were stolen from the Abergwesyn to Devils Staircase common hill over a five-month period.

POLICE are seeking information after nesting birds were shot at with an air rifle in a Powys town.