A street dealer was found with almost £400 worth of cocaine as well as cannabis when he was pulled over by police.
Samuel Davies, 28, was pulled over by police in Abercarn, Caerphilly, at around 1pm on June 1 after officers received information about alleged drug dealing.
They saw the defendant in Commercial Street sat in the passenger seat of a red Ford Transit van.
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A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard he was searched and officers found five bags of cocaine in his trouser pocket. They also found a small quantity of cannabis.
Also seized was a mobile phone and £400 in cash.
The total weight of the cocaine seized was found to be around nine grams and was estimated to be worth between £355 and £370.
Texts were analysed on the seized mobile phone and were found to contain messages related to drug dealing.
Davies, of Brett Road, Abercarn, later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs. He was also said to have previous convictions for drug driving and is serving a suspended sentence of eight weeks, passed in May.
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In mitigation, the court heard the defendant became addicted to drugs after starting to smoke cannabis before progressing onto cocaine, and was encouraged to sell drugs in order to feed his own habit.
Defence barrister Gareth Williams said his client was not living a “lavish lifestyle” but had no assets and was still living at home with his mother and father.
Sentencing, Recorder Simon Mills said: “As long as you give yourself over to drugs, they will surely do for you in the end if you carry on abusing them and spending money on them.
“What’s happened here is a classic situation. Somebody has a drug problem, they start by selling to pay for their own supply but they acquire a market and there’s money to be made. You weren’t just dealing to fund your habit, you were also dealing for commercial gain.”
Davies was sentenced to a total of two years and eight months imprisonment.
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