The Powys Rural Crime Team is appealing for information following the theft of 40 lambs.

The lambs were taken from enclosed farmland in the Pengenffordd, Talgarth area.

This offence took place sometime between mid-end October 2025. The majority of the lambs were of Welsh x Talybont breed with a few Scotch mule crosses amongst them.

A spokesperson for Powys Rural Crime Team has said: “This type of crime, can have a devastating impact upon the victim and their business. We are requesting the farming community to help us find these animals and identify those responsible.

“To gather and remove these sheep, would require knowledge of the industry. We are certain that someone will have information on these thefts. They will either know the persons responsible, have seen these animals being gathered, moved on and possibly sold through a livestock market, an abattoir or may have seen them in a field somewhere. In cases such as this there is also the possibility that they may have been illegally slaughtered and have entered the food chain.

“We are appealing for information from the farming community, livestock auctioneers, abattoirs and anyone else who may have knowledge about these stolen sheep, which may assist our investigation, please get in touch.”

You can get in touch with the Rural Crime Team by:

Reporting on their website - https://orlo.uk/xNZj6

or calling 101.

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Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111, or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org.