Two dealers were openly counting their drugs on a table of a busy morning train, a court has heard. Other passengers on board the service to Swansea were so concerned at what was happening they called police, and officers were waiting for the pair when the train arrived.
The day after they were caught red handed with their stash, one of the dealers went on to carry out an armed robbery of a shop - a raid which saw him subsequently handed an extended sentence as a dangerous offender who poses a risk to the public.
Swansea Crown Court heard that on the morning of February 4 last year police received calls from members of the public about the suspicious activity of two intoxicated men on a train from Llanelli to Swansea who were sitting at a table which was covered in tablets. Craig Jones, prosecuting, said British Transport Police officers were waiting at Swansea station when the Great Western service arrived and they boarding the train.
