article_snippet.sent: Three police officers have been sent forward for trial after being accused of stealing bundles of notes worth £30,000 from the home of a suspected criminal.
article_snippet.sent: Detective Sergeant Stephen Phillips, 46, and police constables Christopher Evans, 37, and Michael Stokes, 34 are all facing charges of 'theft by a serving police officer'.
article_snippet.sent: Cardiff Crown Court heard that the three officers from South Wales Police were all arrested as a result of an investigation being carried out by the force's professional standards department.
article_snippet.sent: Philips, of Winch Wen, Swansea, Christoper Evans of Llangennech, Carmarthenshire and Stokes from Glynneath were released on bail following today's hearing to return to Cardiff Crown Court to stand trial on June 15.
article_snippet.sent: Cardiff Crown Court heard that Stephen Phillips, left, Christopher Evans, centre, and Michael Stokes, right, are all accused of taking bundles of cash worth £30,000 from the home of a suspected criminal .
highlights_snippet.sent: South Wales Police launched an investigation into three of South Wales Police officers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Stephen Phillips, Christoper Evans and Michael Stokes are all facing trial .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: its officers are all accused of 'theft by a serving police officer'
  Phillips, Christoper Evans and Michael Stokes will stand trial in June in Cardiff Crown Court .