00:00As part of the clear phase of the Clear Hold Build initiative in Butetown, led by the local neighbourhood policing
00:07team, there have been 518 arrests for all crime types.
00:1169 drug dealers have been charged with drug trafficking offences, and 100 years of custodial sentences have been handed out,
00:18with more anticipated as matters progress through the courts.
00:22Three major drug lines have also been dismantled, with substantial quantities of Class A and B drugs, cash, weapons and
00:30drug-related paraphernalia seized.
00:52Get your hand, guys.
00:54Sorry.
00:55Yeah, because I've gone with you.
01:02All of that for weed, is it?
01:07OK.
01:08Right.
01:22I'm searching. Do you have anything on you?
01:24Yeah.
01:24What have you got?
01:25Drugs.
01:25Clear Hold Build launched in Butetown in late 2024, in response to an increase in serious organised crime with daily
01:33reports of drug dealing, violent crime and related antisocial behaviour.
01:38Once criminals and their associates are cleared from an area through relentless disruption and pursuit activity, the area is then
01:45stabilised with high-visibility police patrols and measures by partner agencies to create a more empowered and resilient community, less
01:54susceptible to being exploited by organised crime groups.
01:57Divisional commander for Cardiff, Chief Superintendent Mark Atwell from South Wales Police, said that Clear Hold Build is a partnership
02:05operation, but the police part of the initiative in Butetown has seen more than 500 people arrested for a variety
02:11of offences.
02:12More importantly, the community is telling the police just how safe they feel.
02:16Recently, a member of the community approached a member of the local policing team and said they feel safe enough
02:22to walk around the community for the first time in 20 years.
02:25The work that the policing team here in Cardiff Bay have been doing under the Clear Hold Build initiative.
02:30This is a partnership operation that we're running, but the police part of that has seen over 500 people arrested
02:35for a variety of offences, such as knife carrying and drug dealing in our communities.
02:40We've seen over 80 people charged for various drug-related offences and knife offences.
02:45But more importantly than that, the community is telling us just how safe they feel.
02:49Recently, we had a member of the community approach one of the policing team and say,
02:53do you know what, for the first time in 20 years, I feel safe enough to walk around my community.
02:57And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
02:59And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
02:59And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
03:00And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
03:00And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
03:00And that pays testament to the work of those officers.
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