A drug courier caught with £330,000 of cocaine must repay only £183 despite making over £400,000 from dealing.
Rhys Cox, 31, got stopped near Cardiff Gate on the M4. This happened around 2 PM on December 15th. He was driving back to Merseyside. He seemed nervous, sweating and changing his story.
Police detained him and said they would search the car. Cox turned pale and collapsed. He admitted the car contained “a lot” of cocaine after revival.
Officers found a sports bag with ten cocaine blocks. The blocks had a “Dior” logo. One block weighed 1,081 grams with 82% purity. All blocks weighed about one kilogram. Their value totaled £230,000 to £320,000.
The car was insured to Owen Morgan’s partner. Morgan, 29, lived in Kenfig Hill. Police went to his house and arrested him. They discovered keys on a windowsill.
Police found wet trainers in the garden. A cocaine ball, weighing 16.3 grams, hid inside a plastic bag. Its value was £920 to £1,150. Another bag held 435 grams of cannabis. Its value was £1,800 to £3,300.
Morgan owned a caravan in Porthcawl. Inside, police found drug tools and Cox’s paperwork. Near a golf club, they found heroin and ketamine. Also, police discovered a press to alter cocaine blocks.
Morgan led the drug ring and influenced others, even Cox. Morgan provided Cox with the car for travel to Liverpool. Morgan admitted supplying cocaine and possessing drugs. He received a ten-year prison sentence.
Cox admitted conspiring to supply cocaine. He received a 68-month jail sentence.
Cox gained £413,363 but only had £183 in assets. Morgan gained £717,445 but only had £9,320. The judge ordered them to pay those asset sums.