EIGHT people arrested in the Gwent Police force area as part of UK-wide police crackdown Operation Notarise have been released with no further action against them.

In South Wales a total of 51 people were arrested in the six-month operation, which targeted those allegedly accessing indecent child images online.

Coordinated by the National Crime Agency, the operation involved 45 police forces across Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It has to date seen 660 arrests.

In Gwent, a 60-year-old man from Newport arrested in March on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children has been charged.

He appeared before Newport crown court on September 11 and his trial has been set for February 2015.

A 39-year-old man from Pontypool arrested in April on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children has been charged with three counts of possessing indecent images of children – one category A, one category B and one category C.

He will appear before Cwmbran Magistrates on October 1.

A 52-year-old man from Caerphilly arrested in May on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children has been bailed until September 30.

A 46-year-old man from Chepstow arrested in June on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children has been bailed pending further enquiries.

A 44-year-old man from Cwmbran arrested in April on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children and bailed pending further enquiries has been released with no further action.

A 27-year-old man, a 29-year-old man and a 21-year-old man from Newport arrested in June on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children have all been released with no further action.

A 52-year-old man from Caerphilly arrested in April on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children and released on police bail pending further enquiries has been released with no further action.

A 59-year-old woman from Caerphilly arrested in April on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children and released on police bail has been released with no further action.

A 26-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman from Caerphilly arrested in May on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children have both have been released with no further action.