A cycling cannabis dealer tried to flee from police on two wheels and then two legs, a court has heard. Scott Abraham was chased by plain-clothes police officers after they saw him carrying out a drug deal on the streets.
Swansea Crown Court heard the 20-year-old defendant has a young daughter and has landed a job working in recycling and refuse collection with the local council. Handing the defendant a suspended prison sentence a judge told him he needs to learn from the experience of being prosecuted.
The court heard that on April 26 this year officers patrolling the Mayhill area of Swansea in an unmarked police car saw a male with a bicycle – later identified as Abraham – carrying out an “exchange” with someone on Llewellyn Circle. The officers turned their car around and drove back to the suspected deal, and as they they pulled up the defendant made off on his cycle. The court heard the officers pursued the cycling dealer onto Pen-y-Graig Road and then onto Teilo Crescent where he abandoned his bike and took to his heels. Abraham was caught and searched and was found to be carrying 23g of cannabis in six separate bags, £240 in cash, and a phone.
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A subsequent search of the defendant’s bedroom uncovered a further quantity of cannabis, empty bags, and weighing scales. The court heard that when the defendant’s phone was examined police found messages relating to the supply of cannabis including “drop offs” he had made. Read about an uncle and nephew who were running ‘significant’ family cannabis dealing business in Swansea
Scott Abraham, of Teilo Crescent, Mayhill, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has no previous convictions. Caitlin Brazel, for Abraham, said the defendant had an 18-month old daughter who he sees every weekend and said he had recent started an agency job working in waste collection at Swansea Council. For the latest court reports, sign up to our crime newsletter here
Judge Huw Rees told the defendant “you need to learn from this experience” and said a sentence of immediate custody would mean the loss of Abraham’s employment and would have an impact on someone who was “wholly innocent” – namely the defendant’s daughter. With a one third discount for his guilty plea Abraham was sentenced to six months detention in a young offenders institution suspended for 18 months and was ordered to complete a rehabilitation course.
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