Heroin, cocaine and ecstasy worth thousands of pounds has been stopped from reaching the streets of South Wales.
Seven men have been jailed and one teenager has been detained for a total of 23 years after police caught them and seized the drugs following chases on foot, early-morning raids and spontaneous stop checks.
According to a statement from South Wales Police , among them are four men from Liverpool who had £10,000 worth of heroin seized from their vehicle when it was stopped on the Bridgend stretch of the M4.
Deal bags of heroin were found in a car carrying two men from Cardiff which was stopped on a busy road just before Christmas.
Teenager caught with a kilo of cocaine
Another man from Pontycymmer , near Bridgend, was stopped by police in Barry and found to be carrying heroin.
The statement said all have been sentenced since January 1 after admitting the offences.
Superintendent Gary Osborne, operational policing commander across the region, said: “We will arrest those who live in, and travel to, or through, this region in order to ply their evil trade and put them before the courts.”
The youngest is a 16 year old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who was caught in possession of a kilogramme of cocaine at a house in Cardiff. He was sentenced to 32 months in a young offenders’ institute.
A police spokesman said he was detained after leading police on a chase on foot along train tracks.
The statement said the others were Ashley Julian, 23, and Declan Thomas, 22, both from Grangetown, Cardiff.
The pair got 30 months each after police stopped their vehicle on the A4119 on December 9 and caught them in possession of deal bags of heroin.
'Tell police if you have suspicions'
Phillip Anthony Seaborne, 43, from Pontycymmer, was sentenced to three years for supplying heroin. He was stopped by police on Cowbridge Street in Barry on November 11.
Ryan Dwyer, Anthony Dwyer, Lee Sinclaire and Carl Towey, all from Liverpool, were sentenced to a total of 12 years at Cardiff Crown Court for possessing heroin with intent to supply.
They were stopped along the Bridgend stretch of the M4 just before 10pm on September 10.
Police said more than £10,000 worth of heroin was seized from the vehicle.
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Superintendent Osborne said he hopes officers’ success will encourage people with information about drug dealing to come forward.
He said: “This year has started very positively – we’ve successfully prosecuted a number of people and it sends out a strong message that we won’t tolerate drug dealing.
“People may have their suspicions and I would urge them to act on them and contact us – members of our communities really are essential in the fight against drugs.”
• Anyone with information about suspected drug dealing should contact South Wales Police via 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/eight-jailed-23-years-after-10845990
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