A drug dealer found in possession of £12,000 worth of cocaine was making such significant sums of cash he needed a money counter. The Class A drugs were discovered raided the home he shared with his mother.
Tyler Nicholson, 24, was not present when police attended his home in Cardiff on October 6 last year. His mother opened the door to officers who began searching the address in Ely.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard drugs were seized including 189g of cocaine wrapped in kitchen roll. Also recovered was a kitchen knife containing traces of cocaine, a Pyrex jug with white residue, two laptops, an iPad, two mobile phones, cannabis, two sets of digital scales, a money-counting machine, a knuckleduster with a serrated blade, and £8,502 in cash.
