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Haverfordwest: Boy racer arrested for dangerous roundabout drift
Caught on camera: Dangerous stunt on Cardigan roundabout
RESIDENTS of Hermitage Grove, in Haverfordwest, were left unimpressed this week ends at the antics of a boy racer drifting around the A40 Cardigan roundabout, which back on to their homes.
The noisy and inconsiderate driver, put himself and others in danger according to one neighbour, who posted a dramatic video of the incident on Facebook.
“He did it at 9pm on Saturday night, and at 12.38pm on Sunday morning. At 9pm the road was still quite busy.
“I find it disgusting that some people have found this funny [on Facebook].
“I have been told who the driver is, and I understand the incident has been reported to the police.
“Im not saying the control of the car wasn’t good, but it should be done off-road. That road can be used for emergencies to the hospital. The driver could cause accidents, kill himself or others.”
On Thursday, (Nov 5), Pembrokeshire Roads Policing Unit announced on Twitter: “A 20yr old male has been arrested and a vehicle seized in connection with a video posted on @PembsHerald this week.”
The police added: “Enquiries are ongoing.”
Dealer who claimed £160,000 profits was later calling police for protection as threats escalated over money he owed to his suppliers
A MILFORD HAVEN drug dealer who bragged he had “the best coke out there” and claimed to have made up to £160,000 in just four months has been jailed for six years.
But behind the image of a confident, high-earning operator, the reality was starkly different — a man in debt, under threat, and repeatedly calling police for protection as his world closed in.
The 35-year-old defendant admitted multiple offences relating to the supply of cocaine and cannabis when he appeared before Swansea Crown Court.
The court heard he played a significant role in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs, purchasing large quantities — including claims he was buying cocaine by the kilogram — and maintaining contact with upstream suppliers.
In messages shown to the court, he boasted about his profits, claiming to have made £38,000 and suggesting that far larger sums were within reach. He also claimed to have earned £160,000 in just four months and said he had bought two houses.
He told customers he had “the best coke out there” and responded aggressively to complaints, stating: “Out of £30,000 worth, you’re the only one to complain,” before adding: “Bad mouthing me is a bad idea you little slag.”
Violence and intimidation
The court was also shown chilling footage of a confrontation at a property on the Mount Estate, where the defendant was heard directing violence over a debt.
In the video, he shouted: “I got boys, yeah, I got boys,” before telling others to “kick his head in” as the attack unfolded inside the victim’s home.
Witnesses described him as having become a “kingpin” in Milford Haven’s drug scene, operating from The Vibe public house, which they claimed was used as both a legitimate business front and a base linked to drug dealing.
Fear behind the façade
Yet the court heard that behind the bravado, the defendant was living in fear.
He had accumulated drug debts estimated at between £18,000 and £26,000 and was being threatened by those higher up the supply chain. His partner reported people turning up at their home, with threats including claims it would be bombed or burned down.
The Herald attended his home address on multiple occasions to report on police activity after he called officers for protection.
In a direct call to this newspaper during the period, he said: “There are threats to my life — people want me dead, dead. I don’t want this in the paper. It’s over money… hundreds of thousands of pounds.”
Documents reveal further pressure
The Herald can also reveal that the defendant was served with a statutory demand in late 2025 over an alleged unpaid debt relating to stock, fixtures and fittings following his takeover of The Vibe public house in March 2024.
Documents seen by this newspaper indicate the financial pressures he was under extended beyond drug debts.
National attention
The case has already drawn national interest, with Channel 4 making a documentary featuring the defendant after interviewing local people in Milford Haven over recent months.
‘Significant role’ in drug trade
Police arrested the defendant on January 5 last year on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. A search of an address on Priory Road uncovered 18 grams of cannabis, while a separate incident involving a vehicle led to the discovery of 73 grams of cocaine and cannabis.
Prosecutors said he was actively involved in the supply of drugs and purchasing large quantities, describing him as a key player in the local trade.
He has 57 previous convictions, mostly for theft-related offences.
‘Only a custodial sentence’
Defending, Mr Ibrihim described his client’s background as a “tale of woe,” telling the court his father was addicted to heroin and his mother struggled with alcohol. His younger sister died in 2022.
The court heard he had gone “off the rails” in his late teens and that his drug dealing was linked to debts, including those connected to his father. It was also said that many of his claims about wealth were exaggerated and amounted to “bravado”.
Sentencing, the judge said: “The seriousness of this offending means that only an immediate custodial sentence is appropriate.
“You played a significant role in drug dealing. What is clear is that you were dealing with a lot of cocaine.
“I have no doubt that some of what you did was due to pressure, but some of it was for your own gain.”
The judge added that despite the defendant’s claims of wealth, “you haven’t got hardly anything left”.
For the supply of cocaine, he was sentenced to six years in prison, with a concurrent sentence of 30 months for supplying cannabis.
He will serve at least half the sentence in custody before being eligible for release.
A victim surcharge of £228 was also imposed.
Animal seen galloping through residential streets and towards main road
POLICE are reportedly tracking a loose horse which strayed into a residential area of Pembroke.
The animal was first spotted in Gatehouse View before making its way onto a nearby main road.
A post on the Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Citizens’ Forum said the horse had left Gatehouse View and was seen heading towards the road by Pembroke Leisure Centre.
The resident wrote: “Anyone recognise it? Police following it.”
The horse was later reported to be galloping down Buttermilk Lane in the direction of Martha’s.
Stray horses are not uncommon in the area. In January, several animals were reported loose around Pembroke and along the A477, particularly near Buttermilk Close and the Cleddau Bridge.
Those incidents created a hazard for motorists, prompting Pembrokeshire County Council to step in and return the animals. Drivers were advised to take extra care and avoid startling them.
Reliance on US interceptors leaves gaps as Iran’s reach grows
BRITAIN would struggle to defend itself against a long-range ballistic missile attack and would instead rely heavily on American systems based in Eastern Europe and at sea — with no guarantee of success.
That is the stark reality emerging after Iran’s attempted strike on a UK–US base at Diego Garcia on Saturday (March 21), a move that caught many world leaders off guard and marked a significant escalation in capability.
Concerns are further heightened by Iran’s development of larger space launch vehicles, including the Simorgh, Zuljanah, Ghaem-100 and Qased systems, which on paper demonstrate ranges of between 2,200 km and up to 6,000 km, with payload capacities of up to 1,000 kg. While these rockets are officially designed to place satellites into orbit rather than deliver warheads, they use the same multi-stage technology and propulsion systems found in long-range ballistic missiles. Defence analysts have long warned that such programmes provide a clear pathway to intercontinental strike capability, raising the prospect that parts of Europe — and potentially even the UK — could fall within reach if these technologies are adapted for military use.
No UK shield over Britain
The UK has no dedicated system to shoot down long-range ballistic missiles over its own territory.
While RAF Fylingdales provides early warning and tracking, it cannot intercept incoming threats. Britain’s air defence network — including RAF jets and ground systems — is designed for aircraft, drones and cruise missiles, not high-speed ballistic weapons.
In simple terms, if a missile were heading toward a target such as Milford Haven’s energy facilities, there is no British-operated system that could reliably stop it at the last moment.
America would have to act
Instead, any interception attempt would fall to the United States.
Key assets include:
- Aegis Ashore missile defence bases in Romania and Poland
- US Navy warships equipped with SM-3 interceptors
- Wider NATO tracking and coordination systems
These systems are capable of striking a missile in space during its midcourse phase, long before it reaches the UK.
But there is a crucial limitation: they can only engage if the missile passes within range of those systems.
If the trajectory falls outside that envelope — or if no US ship is positioned correctly — there may be no interception at all.
A probability, not protection
Even when an intercept is attempted, success is far from certain.
Testing data for the SM-3 system suggests success rates of roughly 50 to 80 per cent per engagement, depending on conditions. In practice, multiple interceptors are often fired at a single target to improve the odds.
That still leaves a significant margin for failure.
In a real-world scenario involving countermeasures, technical faults or multiple missiles, the chances of at least one getting through rise sharply.
Gaps in coverage
The NATO missile defence network is not a continuous shield.
It is a patchwork of coverage zones tied to specific systems:
- Romania and Poland provide fixed land-based interception capability
- US warships offer flexible but limited coverage depending on deployment
There is no permanent protective umbrella over the UK itself.
If a missile does not pass through one of those defended zones, Britain would effectively be relying on luck and geometry.
Deterrence, not defence
Ultimately, the UK’s primary protection is not interception — it is deterrence.
Any successful strike on British soil would almost certainly trigger a major NATO response, making such an attack extraordinarily risky for any adversary.
But deterrence does not equal defence.
A growing concern
Iran’s attempted long-range strike on Diego Garcia has shifted the debate sharply.
The use of a missile capable of travelling thousands of kilometres surprised many Western leaders, who had not expected Tehran to demonstrate that level of reach in the current crisis. Although one missile failed and another was intercepted, the incident has raised fresh questions about how far Iran’s capabilities have advanced.
For years, the idea of a missile threat to Europe — let alone Britain — was largely theoretical. Now, defence analysts are treating it as a credible future risk, even if capability remains limited today.
The bottom line
The UK can detect a missile, track it, and coordinate a response — but when it comes to actually stopping it, the country would be dependent on American systems operating at distance, with no certainty of success.
If a missile ever did get through, there would be little standing between it and its target.
And that is the uncomfortable truth behind the headlines.
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Mr Octane
November 4, 2015 at 1:09 pm
I find it highly hilarious people need to get a life and stop snitching on people just because they are jelous that they are stuck in a lifeless marriage with children and their life is over.
Mr Octane
November 4, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Whoever snitches on the driver needs to be found and their life made hell horrible little cretins. Can’t stand people that are not team players sad little person that’s reported this. In the words of Jeremy Clarkson “take them out and execute them infront of their family”
Donkey Kong
November 4, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Look at it this way old man. Drifting is a sport, one that costs alot of money to fund. With not many tracks around the country that allow this “sport” the youngsters of today (some idiots some sensible).. use the roads as a training area. this has been for the last 10 years and nothing will change. What you have done is lost a boys licence that actually had some quality car control. now he will probably end up like you. with a boring life.
Omar
November 4, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Lmao the roads may have been busy at 9 but evidently they’re empty at half 12 in the morning.
You’d have to be deaf and blind to come into a collision with this vehicle, you can hear the exhaust note echoing so it’s clearly extremely loud, combined with the screeching tyres, it works in the same way a siren does on emergency services.
Clearly the driver is skilled. Nobody is at harm. If you can drift a roundabout, you can exit the drift and move out if the way in due time if required.
The only real case she has Is that she would need sleep for work or something…but that’s not the case as she’s a full time slummy mummy with nothing better to do.
KG
November 4, 2015 at 1:29 pm
None of the above people that have commented would find this as snitching or funny if it would of been you at the end of the road that this car had met!
John Vaughan
November 4, 2015 at 1:40 pm
I think this is crap. I am a life member of the conservative club and if the cops can’t stop this, then I will. I am super hero. My name? Call me The Minge!
Dave
November 4, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Come on this is a nice bit of driving! He isnt out of control!
Im sure we can guess the window it was filled from… Bloody peeping tom needs sorting out
Crash Bandicoot
November 4, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Out of control. beautiful use of words…
Would have crashed of it was ‘out of control, morons. Clearly uneducated and blind…
Joe
November 4, 2015 at 2:21 pm
What an absolute lad! Brilliant drift control! To everyone whos giving him negative comments give him a medal instead as that takes skill! Stop being negative and throw some appreciation his way!
Joe
November 4, 2015 at 2:24 pm
@ KG:
Get over yourself! The guys knew EXACTLY what he was doing and there would be no incident!
Donkey Kong
November 4, 2015 at 2:47 pm
@ Joe:
Amen Brother.
Toilet Duck
November 4, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Kids got skills! That took some serious practice, thought & control. Very impressive. 9.5/10 on the drift front. I’ve tried it, and it’s not as easy as it looks! Someone sign him up to a race team…
kevin Fitmaurice-brown
November 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Herald staff hard up for news probably. How else would they know where to be ? Or infringed images.
ronald race
November 4, 2015 at 3:57 pm
we get this boy racers in fishguard police has been told and all the police says is well we have to we can not get them more like thay dont want to get then to much paper work
Dave Johnson
November 4, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Being the owner of a R33 nissan skyline, I often get accused of being a boy racer, the difference between me and them is simple. I recognise that roads are for driving. Its as simple as that, I want to go for a skid, I go to a track day, and don’t use my shitbox “drift” car on public highways endangering people who could get in my way, because as in control as the kid maybe, you have to recognize that the majority of regular drivers are crap and they are more likely to plow into you because they don’t know how to react.. Keep drifting where it belongs, on the track. All the other “racers” on here praising the lad, need to grow up.
Donkey Kong
November 4, 2015 at 4:44 pm
@ Dave Johnson:
suck an egg you boring pillock.
Pete
November 4, 2015 at 4:47 pm
THAT ENTRY ANGLE, top man, drifting through a busy town centre, or round a roundabout mid weekday maybe not as I know, that tyres pop, things go wrong, but if the only person who could get fucked up is himself, let it be
Richard
November 4, 2015 at 5:34 pm
What a dick.
judas iscariot
November 4, 2015 at 5:52 pm
His name is Same and he works for a car sales firm in Haverfordwest. Little Prick needs to lose his license and his job and you tossers commenting defending are obviously his friends and brain dead tossers like him.
Paul
November 4, 2015 at 6:16 pm
So anyone who’s not into Motorsport is not a team player and should have their life made hell. I’m amazed by some of the moronic comments on here, everyone’s entitled to a quiet nights sleep and for the public roads to be used sensibly.
And before any of you idiots want to accuse me of being some boring cretin I get my petrol Highs doing a real mans Motorsport – rallying!! And if that means travelling the country to get to events well that’s the cost of this kind of sport
Tommy
November 4, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Lovely bit of drifting sad thing is these car guys have nowhere where they’re allowed to meet up and do they’re own thing due to the councils , police and other whinging old gits why not allow them to use an area away from housing to have a bit of fun in peace but of course that would be the easy option
Master Bateman
November 4, 2015 at 8:24 pm
@ Joe:
It’s people like you that make me hate people like him. You are all cock snoggers!
Master Bateman
November 4, 2015 at 8:26 pm
@ Mr Octane:
Be quiet you utter moron!
Pugh
November 4, 2015 at 10:03 pm
@ Mr Octane:
Dude, I live soaked in adrenaline, but I’ve seen a lot of people not come home after racing in controlled conditions on a track, let alone a public road early in the night.
so yeah, just saying, people die racing, people also die on public roads because they think they’re good drivers. So as much as we all like racing around and following rallies, these people complaining aren’t wrong.
Also, my sex life is fucking bangin’
Ben
November 4, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Snitches, 10/10 drift even the police and the courts will deduct points from his license because of that execution may even receive an MBE. Better than turning a blind eye to the greater dangers of night clubs and bars that seem to be ignored.
Pugh
November 4, 2015 at 11:37 pm
@ Ben:
All I hear is annoying twats prrrraping up and down the hill behind me, It used to be everytime I hear that I knew the guy was doing like 80 over a hump bridge before hitting a tight bunch of corners at like 3am when I lived in Gelli.
Something that again you shouldn’t do, but at least needs more than basic rear wheel spin control.
nowadays, in town, I know it’s some twat with a slammed car that has probably never been on a track going back and forth on the road at 30 echoing all over the place at least 10 times a night, keeping everyone up.
Yeah I’d snitch on that cockwomble for being 10/10 annoying as fuck, much like the loud twats that come out of the clubs and pubs.
Harry
November 5, 2015 at 1:19 am
Simle as…
1. Excellent driving / good fun / why not..
2. Anybody negative about this for any reason.. ‘F*ck off’ you miserable boring twat / twats, get a life haha
Paul
November 5, 2015 at 10:02 am
This fool is the type of clown that gives good drift drivers a bad name…….he plays around on public roads in his high powered car.irrespective of what skill he/she may have.wtf you driving like a tool on a public road.if your serious enough about your sport keep it on the track..and as for the comments about whinging about noise..next time you see a shift worker or hospital or emergency sevice waorkers looking knackered, it might just be that clowns like this keep them awake as they work shifts……this clown carries on its just a matter of time before he/she gets too cocky and ends up in an A&E bed if he/she is lucky enough to survive.and obviously doesnt give a crap about the LEGAL drivers on the road otherwise he/she wouldnt drive like a knob on a busy roundabout……..hope he/she gets what he deserves and gets taken off the road before he/she seriously injures or worse kills someone else, he/she obviosuly doesnt care about him/herself so why should we? moron.keep it on the track.otherwise your just another boy racer who cant grow up…..
Paul
November 5, 2015 at 10:15 am
@ Omar:
Like to see him/her come out of a drift in a hurry if theres an emergency vehicle incoming onto the roundabout…..the fool wont be able to hear the sirens due to the screaming of his/her own car.he WILL NOT have the time to correct his angle, reduce his speed and get off the roundabout in a safe method he drops his speed in a hurry he will lose it. he so much as taps his brakes he will lose it.he slams his brakes on he will lose it…………….but then who am i obviously someone who doesnt know how to drive as people think their Ayrton Senna’s……and i lay odds he would scream like a baby f he has to get cut of out the car……WHEN he has an accident…if your serious about your spot, you willd find a track doesnt matter where it is like other real drivers they go to track days…….
internet user
November 5, 2015 at 11:22 am
Ha this is ridiculous this was probably recorded 10 years ago looking at the state of the video I’m sure it did the rounds 5 or 6 years ago anyone else see it?
TheLMan
November 5, 2015 at 2:04 pm
probably the idiot known as Daniel Balers Bowley on facebook . Owns DB tyre services, constantly doing this cars only last him a month at the max. deserves to lose his license!!!
TheLMan
November 5, 2015 at 2:05 pm
TheLMan wrote:
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Paris
November 5, 2015 at 6:01 pm
And would people find it funny if he had killed someone?
the stig
November 5, 2015 at 8:36 pm
Cheers for all your comments. It was only a bit of fun.
Same time next week 😉
Phil
November 6, 2015 at 2:17 pm
I worked for the local paper for 25 years and at least once a year, often around christmas time there would be a photo of a mangled car and another grieving family preparing themselves for a funeral. It was nearly always a boy in his twenties driving what he thought to be his pride and joy hatchback “racer”. And do you know what – seconds before the engine block came through the dash board into his chest – he was still convinced he was invincible and totally in control of the car. I knew two personally having coached them in sport. They were great lads who probably thought they “were in control” but actually the adrenaline of speed was in control of them.
Tomos
November 7, 2015 at 4:21 pm
@ Mr Octane:
I think you’ll find he was JOKING, he hates silly little boys playing with their toys as much as anyone.
Recent news had a n idiot speed merchant ina Nissan jailed for FOUR YEARS, good thing too if it encourages better driving standards
Tomos
November 7, 2015 at 4:26 pm
I see several of these comments are made by some driving too quickly car club members (whatever you call yourselves) worryingly many contain veiled threats – I urge the Herald to forawrd their details too to the Police Force – the Herald cannot condone threats can they?
Tomos
November 10, 2015 at 5:47 pm
I urge others also to complain to
http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/make-a-complaint