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Ireland
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helicops

  1. 20:00 30/05 Aircraft attended in the Gower area to assist officers with a photography task
  2. 19:00 30/05 Aircraft attended in the Newport area to assist officers in searching for burglary suspects around Allt yr yn
  3. 14:35 30/5/12 Port Talbot mountainside search for vulnerable female. Low cloud prevented search of the mountain top.
  4. 0100 30/5 Thermal checks or "Spot the pot" as it is now known in the Cardiff and Barry area's.
  5. 0055 30/5 Attended Heath hospital for a person search. Requested area cleared.
  6. @SamMacphersonn @Luke_Andrews_ Spot on its not us
  7. Red sky at night - Shepherd's delight twitpic.com/9qrepd
  8. @gkt_wales Do not know who it could be, certainly not us, perhaps military??
  9. @Charles_Thechip Not us, we are at base and nobody has pinched ours, because it is on the pad
  10. @rjmorgan31 Another one for our collection, thank you
  11. @SARAbeachley Thanks for all your efforts
  12. @katie_allen Not us, we are at base. Maybe the military???
  13. @geemiree88 Don't think we can, but then again not sure. Either way its way above my pay scale
  14. @AndytheGardener Sorry, cannot help with that one
  15. 2020 29/5 Re-attended Caerleon in relation to an on going incident. Video and digital images obtained
  16. 1830 29/5 Attended Caerleon for a river search, requested area searched
  17. 1810 29/5 Attended Abergavenny for a person search following a RTC. Requested area cleared.
  18. 1750 29/5 Attended Pandy in relation to a person search. Requested area cleared for ground officers.
  19. 15:40 - 29/5/2012 - Aircraft attends in the Whitchurch area of Cardiff to search for a missing person.
  20. 13:45 - 29/5/2012 - Aircraft attends at Swansea Airport to obtain images of an air incident.