He admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possessing the class A drug with intent to supply.
Blaine Mortie A drug gang boss is back behind bars after he was arrested in Newport for fraud, damaging a police car and being in breach of a serious crime prevention order. He was caught stashing heroin worth more than £21,000 along a Cardiff Bay footpath. Mortie was locked up for a further 12 months Mortie after he appeared before Newport Magistrates’ Court to admitted committing his latest offences.
Sahil Abbas Drug dealer Sahil Abbas hid crack cocaine up his bottom after plainclothes police spotted him trafficking on the streets of Newport.
The four offences were committed between December 2019 and January 2020. Harry Baker, mitigating, said his client had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and had been held in custody since his arrest in June 2020. He added: “The defendant is still a young man who wants to stay away from what he’s been doing before.” His barrister urged the court to suspend the inevitable prison sentence. Judge Richard Williams told Moshen: “You were actively dealing both heroin and crack cocaine while you were on licence. “You were at the bottom end of the chain and you were likely selling on the direction of others.