A pair of drug dealers were caught after almost crashing into an unmarked cop car carrying plain clothes police officers, a court has heard.
When police tracked down the occupants of the vehicle involved in the narrow miss - Jason Paton and Amir Khan - they found evidence the pair were involved in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. Swansea Crown Court heard that since their arrest one of the defendant's has got married and become a father again, and wants to be a better partner and dad. The other defendant is waiting for his wife to join him from overseas.
Megan Jones, prosecuting, told the court that on November 13, 2021, plain clothes police were patrolling the Penlan area of Swansea when their unmarked car was almost hit by a black Mercedes at the junction of Penmynydd Road and Penderry Road. The Mercedes sped off from the near-collision and the police car turned around and began an area search for it. A short while later the officers spotted the Mercedes parked on Heol Frank where the two occupants - later identified as Paton and Khan - where talking to the driver of a Ford Transit van. Undercover officers approached the pair and identified themselves, and the court heard there was a strong smell of cannabis in the Merc and a "large quantity" of cash. Also there was a Nokia burner phone, and police could see a message on the screen which read "3.5 mate I will go and grab some cash later opp train station".
