A man has been arrested after a report of a ‘significant number of illegal weapons’ discovered at a property in Abergwynfi, Neath Port Talbot.
Officers attended an address on Commercial Street, following a report at around 09:30pm on Sunday 15, February. A 51-year-old man from Blaengwynfi was arrested on suspicion of attempting to make an explosive with intent to endanger life or property
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Source: ITV News
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