An award-winning barber was found with more than £1,000-worth of cocaine and a Stanley knife when he was searched by police. Messages on his phone revealed he was also offering to supply cannabis and Xanax.
Anthony Hancock, 37, was detained by police in Swansea at 10.15pm on November 18, 2021, having ditched his car and run away. He is a well-known barber in the city having won the Welsh Men's Style Awards in 2013 while he came third in the British Barber Awards in 2018.
A sentencing hearing at Swansea Crown Court heard police attempted to pull over Hancock's black Ford Focus in Pentregethin Road, Gendros, but he accelerated away at speed. He drove into a cul-de-sac in Ravenhill before leaving the car and running past the police vehicle in the direction of Carmarthen Road.
