A SUSPECTED drug dealer is alleged to have been stopped by police in Newport with 12kg of cocaine with a potential street value of £6 million.

Dale Wigglesworth, 44, of High Street, Queenborough, Kent, is to go on trial later this year.

He pleaded not guilty to being concerned in the supply of a class A drug between July 6, 2019 and June 7, 2020.

Wigglesworth denied the charge after appearing before Judge David Wynn Morgan at Cardiff Crown Court.

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The defendant was represented by Victoria Meads and the prosecution by Tim Probert-Wood.

Wigglesworth’s trial is due to start on November 3 and is expected to last three days.

He was remanded in custody.