Treharris man jailed for multiple driving and drugs offences

Описание: James Gapper aged 35 from Treharris was jailed following a pursuit in May 2025.

He first appeared at Merthyr Magistrates court on Tuesday May 27, 2025 where he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply class B drugs, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, possession of a knife blade in a public place, driving dangerously, failure to provide a specimen, driving whilst disqualified, driving without insurance and production of a controlled drug- cannabis.

This follows on from joint working by the roads policing unit and organised crime unit which resulted in a pursuit which took place in early hours of Monday May 26, 2025.

Road’s policing officers on the A470 followed the Volkswagen Golf, for a short while before asking Gapper to stop, he refused and continued to drive at speed avoiding officers and having several near misses, during the pursuit Gapper was throwing drugs out the car window.

He was arrested and found to be in possession of cocaine, knuckle dusters and a large, bladed article. Following a search of his property a small cannabis grow was found in the attic, officers also found cannabis buds and zip lock bags with white powder in them.

Gapper was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday July 1, 2025, to four years and six months in prison and disqualified from driving for a further two years.

Sergeant Jones said “James Gapper is a dangerous individual who has shown no regard for the safety of those around him, a car in the wrong hands can be a lethal weapon.

There is no place for dangerous driving or drugs in our community and I’m pleased to see this sentence handed down”

Cafodd James Gapper, 35 oed o Dreharris, ei garcharu ar ôl cael ei ymlid ym mis Mai 2025.

Ymddangosodd gerbron Llys Ynadon Merthyr Tudful am y tro cyntaf ddydd Mawrth, 27 Mai 2025, lle plediodd yn euog i fod â chocên yn ei feddiant gyda'r bwriad o'i gyflenwi, bod â chyffuriau dosbarth B yn ei feddiant gyda'r bwriad o'u cyflenwi, bod ag arf ymosodol yn ei feddiant mewn man cyhoeddus, bod â llafn cyllell yn ei feddiant mewn man cyhoeddus, gyrru'n beryglus, methu â darparu sbesimen, gyrru tra roedd wedi'i wahardd, gyrru heb yswiriant a chynhyrchu cyffur a reolir, sef canabis.

Deilliodd hyn o waith ar y cyd ag uned plismona'r ffyrdd a'r uned troseddau cyfundrefnol a arweiniodd at ymlid yn ystod oriau mân fore dydd Llun, 26 Mai 2025.

Dilynodd swyddogion plismona'r ffyrdd ar yr A470 y Volkswagen Golf am gyfnod byr cyn gofyn i Gapper stopio. Gwrthododd wneud hynny a pharhaodd i yrru ar gyflymder gan osgoi'r swyddogion, a bu bron iddo achosi sawl damwain. Yn ystod yr ymlid, gwelwyd Gapper yn taflu cyffuriau allan o ffenestr y car.

Cafodd ei arestio a chanfuwyd bod ganddo gocên, dyrnau haearn, ac eitem lafnog fawr yn ei feddiant. Ar ôl chwilio ei eiddo, daethpwyd o hyd i ffatri canabis fach yn yr atig, a daeth y swyddogion hefyd o hyd i egin canabis a bagiau zip â phowdr gwyn ynddynt.

Cafodd Gapper ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd ddydd Llun, 1 Gorffennaf 2025, i bedair blynedd a chwe mis yn y carchar a'i wahardd rhag gyrru am ddwy flynedd arall.

Dywedodd y Rhingyll Jones, “Mae James Gapper yn unigolyn peryglus nad yw wedi dangos unrhyw ystyriaeth i ddiogelwch y rhai o'i gwmpas. Gall car yn y dwylo anghywir fod yn arf angheuol.
Does dim lle i yrru'n beryglus na chyffuriau yn ein cymuned, ac rwy'n falch o weld y ddedfryd hon yn cael ei rhoi”