A man caught dealing crack cocaine on the streets of Cardiff was doing so to “fund his own habit,” a court has heard. Steven Evans admitted to dealing crack cocaine to a man and woman in Avondale Gardens in Cardiff on June 17, 2021 in what the judge, Recorder Simon Hughes described as “the quintessential drug deal.”
Cardiff Crown Court heard a police officer on duty observed Evans giving the pair an item which was later found to be three wraps of cocaine worth approximately £60. Evans was arrested the same day and had his home address searched where police found an iPhone and digital scales with powder traces on them.
Texts on the phone, which were examined by police, revealed evidence of Evans’ intent to supply crack cocaine. One text, sent to Evans on May 15 from someone identified as ‘Lee’, read: “30 whiskey”, which was interpreted to mean a £30 street deal of crack cocaine. The court heard Evans replied: “Come get it.”
