A Haverfordwest woman has spoken of her concern at finding a blood filled syringe in Church Lane.

Alais Winton spotted the syringe, which had fallen out of ripped up rubbish bags, on Wednesday, May 6.

She immediately rang the council to report it and also requested a follow up call to confirm that it had been removed and whether they would take any further action.

Twelve days later she has received only an answer phone message saying that a supervisor would get back to her.

"I wanted to find out what had happened to the syringe and if the council were going to put information through people's doors telling them how to dispose of needles," she said.

"This was really dangerous, if you picked it up or stepped on it you would have to go straight to your GP, you could get all sorts of things from it. I still haven't heard from Pembrokeshire County Council."

A county council spokesman confirmed that the needle had been removed by an area maintenance cleaner, who took it to a local pharmacy for correct disposal.

"Our refuse collection staff and area maintenance workers, who deal with street rubbish, are trained in handling syringes and are provided with sharp boxes for their disposal," said the spokesman.

"If people find a syringe in the street they should report it to our contact centre. They will inform the area maintenance staff who will then deal with it."

"If we can attribute a discarded syringe to any particular property then we will knock on a door and tackle people directly about leaving syringes in their refuse or on the street," she said.

"However, in this particular instance there is no indication of where the syringe originally came from.

"Individuals who use syringes in the county should know through their GP where they can get sharp boxes for their safe disposal."