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 […]
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.
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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.”