Dealer had cannabis sent to him by mail
DEPOT STAFF ALERTED POLICE AFTER NOTICING PACKAGE SMELLED OF WEED
ADRUG dealer was caught after Royal Mail staff smelt a package at their depot and tipped off police.
The parcel was addressed to Daniel Lloyd Taylor and passed through the Llangefni sorting office on its way to his home.
But when postal workers raised the alarm, officers raided his house and found evidence of cannabis dealing which could have earned him £17,000.
Taylor, 25, of Ffordd Lligwy, Moelfre, Anglesey, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class B drug cannabis.
A judge at Caernarfon Crown Court on Thursday said the offences had been on a “big scale” and jailed him for 10 months.
Prosecutor Paulinus Barnes said North Wales
Police were alerted by Royal Mail staff to a suspicious package at their Llangefni sorting depot on
October 22, 2020.
He said it smelt strongly of cannabis and was addressed to Taylor.
Police arrived and found the package contained 14 tubs of cannabis worth £100 each.
The total potential yield was therefore £1,400.
Officers went to Taylor’s home and found more cannabis weighing just over 1.5kg – worth up to £15,750 – and £3,105 in cash.
The court heard police seized the drugs and a mobile phone with drugrelated messages.
Taylor offered no comment when interviewed.
Philip Clemo, defending, said his client had been a cannabis addict and got into a substantial debt. He was left with “little option” but to work it off.
He noted that since the offences in 2020, Taylor has become a father and helps with childcare. His ex-partner has seven children.
He also “idolises” his grandmother who has skin cancer.
He said the defendant is “helpful and decent”, adding: “Here is a man who now has a stake in society, perhaps more than before.”
The judge, His Honour Niclas Parry, said Taylor has “excellent references”, but he had been given a chance by a previous court yet been involved in drugs on a “big scale”.
He jailed Taylor for 10 months each for being concerned in the supply of cannabis and possessing cannabis with intent to supply, the sentences to run concurrently.