Powys Rural Crime Team are investigating the theft of a 68 ewes and 38 lambs from common grazing land in the Mynydd Myddfai area, Trecastle, Powys.

The offence took place between 22nd June and 10th August 2025.

The sheep are described as being white, Cheviot x Welsh breed with a blue coloured pitch mark upon their middle right side. The ewes were all double ear tagged in various colours and all the sheep had distinctive unique ear mark notches in both their ears.

A spokesperson for Powys Rural Crime Team 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 from open common land, 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 police via their website: https://orlo.uk/ByZV2, or emailing [email protected], or calling 101.

Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crime Stoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111, or visiting their website: crimestoppers-uk.org.