Drug pusher bought taxi to set up cocaine delivery service

A DRUG pusher bought a taxi to set up a cocaine delivery service.

Jamie Smith, 26, purchased the cab emblazoned with stickers of a well-known taxi business.

But he was rumbled when police saw a suspected drug dealer walking up to the vehicle.

Smith had more than £200 in a bag and 405g of cocaine in 196 individual packets, valued at up to £27,900.

Smith, of Swansea, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply and having a knife.

He, was jailed for three years and four months at Swansea crown court.

His lawyer, Stuart John, said Smith was a mechanic.

At the start of lockdown in 2020, the business went under and he lost his income.

He added: “That caused him problems with his mental health and his cocaine use escalated.”