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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Geoffrey Bennett

Police catch teenager with Class A drug supply phones

Operating two mobile phones used in the supply of Class A drugs cost a Bristol teenager a suspended jail term. Steve Franks-Taylor admitted using cocaine and cannabis from the age of 16, Bristol Crown Court heard.

When his drug use turned into a drug problem he fell into debt with dealers. He then agreed to operate two mobiles used for two "drug lines" to pay them back.

Franks-Taylor, 19, whose address was given as a bail hostel in Stroud, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and diamorphine from September 2022 to May this year. He also admitted possessing criminal property in the sum of £600.

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