THESE six criminals were recently handed jail sentences for a range of offences, from drug dealing to dangerous driving and burglary.
We look at their crimes and punishment.
Harri Pullen
Newport drug dealer Harri Pullen was caught with a mobile phone inside prison which he said he was using to contact his ex-girlfriend after their relationship broke down.
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The 22-year-old was already serving five years and six months in custody for trafficking heroin.
Jason Price
A terrified elderly woman thought Jason was going to strangle her after he kicked down her front door as he burgled her house.
He was jailed for two years and four months.
Ali Mazhar
Grandfather Mazhar Ali returned to drug dealing after he lost his job and police unearthed £16,000 of amphetamine and cannabis at his home.
The 51-year-old, of Commercial Road, Newport, was sent to prison for six years in 1997 for trafficking heroin.
Luke Thomas
Dangerous driver Luke Thomas led police on a high-speed chase in Newport in a stolen car and was only brought to a halt when officers used a stinger.
Thomas, 25, from Cardiff, was jailed for two years and four months and banned from driving for three years and two months.
William Hayward
William Hayward, from Newport, had to be subdued with Tasers as he tried to escape from police after he was caught whilst banned from driving for the 18th time.
Hayward was jailed for 16 months and banned from driving for two years and eight months.
Varinder Sanghera
A drug trafficker labelled a “sad and useless dealer” by his own barrister has been jailed after he travelled from Port Talbot to Newport 13 times to pick up heroin and cocaine.
Varinder Sanghera, 40, was sent to prison for five years and eight months at Cardiff Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying heroin and two counts of supplying cocaine in Port Talbot near his home village after picking up the drugs in Newport.
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