A drug dealer attempted to traffic more than 5kg of cannabis to his Cardiff home but came unstuck when his parcel was intercepted at Heathrow Airport. When police searched his house and another address he was connected to, further amounts of cannabis were discovered as well as incriminating messages on his phone.
Joseph Pepler, 33, had ordered a package from Italy containing 5.18kg of cannabis worth between £55,000 and £110,000, but on May 12 last year it was intercepted by UK Border Force officers. It was destined for the defendant's home in North Road, which police officers attended on June 9.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard Pepler was arrested and gave police his iPhone and pin number. A further search of the property resulted in three bags of cannabis, weighing just under 40g, being discovered as well as weighing scales. The total amount of cannabis discovered across the two houses came to 210g, which had a street value of around £2,000.
