A teenager with two previous convictions for drug trafficking has been jailed. Riaz Lewis had been caught trafficking drugs aged both 17 and 18, but after being caught a third time aged 19, he is now in jail.
Lewis, now 20, of Jamaica Street in Kingsdown, was spotted by police dealing drugs in St Pauls. He fled but was arrested, Bristol Crown Court heard.
He pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply as well as possessing criminal property in August last year. Judge Euan Ambrose jailed him for 2,045 days. He told Lewis: "You are an experienced criminal even though you are only 20 years of age.
