Jailed: Drug dealer from Oswestry gets seven years
A drug dealer has been jailed for seven years after being caught in possession of nearly 1kg of cocaine – worth up to £160,000 – while on bail for another drug offence.
Glyn Edwards was stopped on the A483 close to Gresford, near Wrexham, in May and when police spoke to him he told them there was "a lot of cocaine" in his Renault van, Mold Crown Court was told.
Ms Emmalyne Downing, prosecuting, said that police found 999g of cocaine in the back of the van, and when it was analysed it was found to be of 71 per cent purity – worth between £22,000 and £35,000.
She added that if the drug was to be diluted to the average purity of 17 per cent it would have had a potential street value of £160,000.
The discovery followed an earlier arrest in January when Edwards had been stopped on College Road in Oswestry. Ms Downing said on that occasion police found "a large quantity of cocaine" with food bags and £1,500, along with two mobile phones which contained messages indicating he had been dealing the drugs.
Edwards, 31, of College Road in Oswestry, was sentenced on Monday after previously admitting two drugs-related charges.
Miss Ceri Evans, for Edwards, said: "He accepts his role was significant and he had an understanding of the contents of the package. The advantage he stood to gain would be that his very significant drug debt would be cleared. He was taking the greatest risk of his life by taking possession of such a large quantity of drugs."
Miss Evans added that Edwards had been a working family man before a crash left him out of work for six months.
She said he would spend up to £100 a day on cocaine and heroin.
Edwards was sentenced to two years for the January offence and five years to run consecutively for the May offence.
