A DRUG dealer was caught with 189 wraps of cocaine after a police chase which ended in a head-on crash.
Kyle Gregory, 20, was a passenger in a stolen car being pursued in Newport before it collided with a van in the St Julians area.
He and the other men in the vehicle fled and a police dog handler was called to help find them.
Gregory jumped over garden walls before a member of the public working in his shed helped police detain him after he carried out a citizen’s arrest.
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Tom Roberts, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was a passenger in a stolen car that was being chased by the police.
“It failed to stop and was overtaking cars on the wrong side of the road before being involved in a head-on collision with a van.”
When Gregory was arrested he was found with 189 wraps of cocaine in his jacket that were being kept in a rubber glove.
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The drugs weighed 49.2g and had a potential street value of more than £5,700.
Gregory, of Hendre Farm Drive, Newport, pleaded guilty to possession of a class A drug with intent to supply.
He has a previous conviction for drug trafficking and was in breach of that sentence, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Jeffrey Jones, mitigating, said: “The defendant was doing it to reduce a drug debt he had incurred through his own drug addiction.
“He has shown much remorse.
“The defendant was a cocaine user at the time of his arrest and was addicted to it.
“It is sad to see he was using class A drugs from the age of 13.”
The judge, Recorder IWL Jones, told Gregory: “Class A drugs destroy lives and families and once again they have put you in the crown court.
“You are literally throwing your life away.”
He was sent to a young offender institution for four years.
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