After another weekend of patrols by Road Policing Units in the locality, checking on motorists undertaking non-essential journeys, people still continue to break lockdown restrictions.

The Carmarthenshire Road Policing Unit reported on Sunday (June 7) that they stop-checked a car of five travelling from Birmingham who stated that they were heading to Tenby for ‘a walk on the beach.

“After more than ten weeks of continuous news coverage of lockdown, still a car of five thinks that’s travelling from Birmingham for a walk on the beach at Tenby is acceptable,” stated the RPU on Twitter, with the vehicle turned around and fines issued to its occupants.

By lunchtime on Saturday police stated that they had pulled over a vehicle before the Stepaside turn off whose driver stated that they had travelled from Leominster in Herefordshire to head to Tenby ‘for a spin’.Officers stated that they’d had a busy two days over the weekend on patrol, stopping in excess of 1,000 vehicles in Penblewin as part of operation dovecote, with drivers from Devon, Durham, Rugby and Cardiff all turned around and reported for breaching regulations.Ahead of the weekend on Friday evening, the Police RPU stated that eighteen persons had been reported so far that day for breaching the coronavirus regulations, as a consequence of patrols, adding that vehicles from as far afield as - Maesteg, Swansea, Newport, Bristol, Oxford, and Cheltenham had all been pulled over.

“The vast majority stopped have been adhering to Welsh Government advice - however, journeys such as Oxford to Tenby and Cheltenham to Amroth, for days out, are not permissible at present!” said a police spokesperson.

Pembrokeshire County Council leader Clr. David Simpson said the message was still simple: “Stay local and keep Pembrokeshire and Wales safe.”

“Please continue to listen to the advice given and do not undertake any thoughtless action or deed which might help the spread of Covid-19,” he added.