A court in UK has heard the case of three police officers who stole £30,000 after a raid.

Cardiff crown court heard the case based on which former DS Stephen Phillips and PC Philip Christopher Evans and PC Michael Stokes took some of the cash from two safes found in a house they raided in 2011.

Prosecutor Peter Griffiths QC described the defendants as “bad apples” of South Wales police.

“Regrettably, there are often a few bad apples ... and this case is an illustration of that. It’s a case of police corruption,” he said.

Media reports say, the court heard that Phillips, Evans and Stokes executed a search warrant on a property in Penderry Road, Swansea, four years ago.

“Between 1 April and 21 July in 2011 these three defendants stole more than £30,000 in cash from monies contained during the execution of a warrant,” Griffiths said.