Fly-tipping discovered on a rural lane in Pembrokeshire has been slammed by a local county councillor.

More than a dozen large plastic vegetable oil drums and other rubbish was found dumped on a rural lane by county councillor for the ward of Martletwy Cllr Di Clements, leaving locals angry and disappointed.

Cllr Clements came across the unsightly mess near the farm where she lives and promptly reported it, but not before she attempted to sift through the drums and bags in an attempt to find any evidence of who might be the culprit.

She described the 15l and 20l drums as being spread across both sides of the road running between Martletwy and Minwear together with the cardboard packaging they had seemingly been delivered in.

There were also a number of black bin liners with smaller containers in. Likely to have come from a food premises, Cllr Clements said she guesses it had been dumped between 4 pm on Sunday afternoon (February 25) and 6.30 am the following morning.

After reporting the incident to Pembrokeshire Council, she said: “Luckily a waste advisor was close to our area and went to see if they could find any evidence of who was responsible or who had collected it.”

The rubbish had been removed by Monday afternoon, with Cllr Clements adding: “I want to say a huge thank you to the council for such a swift response.”

She is urging anyone who might have seen anything suspicious to contact either herself or the council.

She believes the culprits may be a “serial dumper” in the area, adding: “I am extremely disappointed to see this and I can’t believe someone would do this.”

Fly-tipping continues to blight the counties of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, with more and more examples being shared by members of the public and the community in recent months.

Last month Pembroke Dock Town Council sent a ‘we are watching’ warning to fly-tipping culprits.

Posting on its Facebook page, the Town Council gave a thanks to work conducted by Pembrokeshire County Council and a volunteer at a spot in the town that had been targeted persistently by flytippers.

“A huge thank you to PCC’s Environmental Services Team and Roscoe for clearing the area at the back of London Road. For the benefit of the person who has fly-tipped there again, did you not read the sign!” they posted, following it up with a #weknowwhoyouare hashtag.

Commenting on the matter, many took to social media to ask why the council didn’t use CCTV to prosecute such offenders.

“They need to he clobbered with hefty fines, not a couple of hundred, a few thousand. That might stop them,” said one Facebook user.

Overuse of public bins, where more and more are being abused, often by those leaving holiday lets, and also by residents dumping domestic waste in the facilities, has also seen issues of fly-tipping highlighted in seaside towns such as Tenby and Saundersfoot, and surrounding areas of South Pembrokeshire recently.