A drug dealer sold cocaine to a 17-year-old boy twice, and police went to him and found amphetamines and marijuana on him. He continued dealing drugs after police released him on bail.

David Rogers, aged 51, was first searched by police at his home in Maesteg on 1 December 2020 at around 8.40am where a number of items were seized including prohibited substances, mobile phones, a large amount of cash and drug paraphernalia. Consideration of the sentence in Newport Crown Court On Thursday, 340g of amphetamine, worth between £1,880 and £3,760, was found along with cannabis and £2,575 in cash.

The defendant was arrested and questioned, but made no comment. He was released on bail pending the investigation.

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Another warrant was executed at Rogers’ Mill Street home on November 10, 2022, and he attended with his partner Jacqueline Jones, 50. A search of the property revealed 499 grams of female cannabis with a street value of £2,385. and £4,315, 171 grams of amphetamine, worth between £480 and £800, and 10 2C-B tablets.

Ziplock bags, scales, check sheets and several cell phones were also found. A rose gold iPhone was interrogated and a series of messages were found showing that Rogers supplied diazepam between October and November 2021 and 1.13g of diazepam was also found.

Other phone messages involved the supply of cocaine worth £100 and several messages in which Rogers spoke to people about unspecified drugs and transferred up to £1,000 in return. Both Rogers and Jones were arrested and asked to provide their phone numbers, but they refused to do so.

On May 3 of this year, a 17-year-old boy arrived on Mill Street and spoke to a man he knew as “Dy Duck,” who was defendant Rogers. The boy asked for £10 worth of cocaine and Rogers went to his house and took the drugs before taking the boy’s money. At 7:30 p.m., the boy returned and spoke to Jones, who opened the door. He shouted at Rogers and took £10 from the boy before Rogers answered the door with the drugs.

The exchanges came to the attention of police when a girl known to the 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital, but there is no evidence that it was for the cocaine that Rogers had sold. On May 4, police arrived at Mill Street and carried out a third search.

Prosecutor Abigail Jackson said police found 498g of amphetamine, worth between £2,400 and £4,800, 41g of cocaine, worth £4,100, 80g of cannabis, worth between £320 and £660, and £1,250 in cash . Access was also gained to a caravan parked in Rogers’ garden, which contained several frozen bags containing 230g of cannabis, worth between £946 and £1,760.

A Samsung phone belonging to Jones was confiscated, but Rogers claimed he did not have it. Using Jones’ phone, they called a contact named “Dy” and were able to listen to Rogers’ phone in the bathroom. Surveillance footage was also seen showing the defendants supplying the 17-year-old with cocaine, while Rogers also supplied him with amphetamines.

Rogers later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis, possession with intent to supply amphetamines and cannabis, and possession of cannabis and 2C-B. The court heard he had 12 previous convictions, including driving offences, for which he was given a 12-month suspended sentence for those offences.

Jones, of Oakwood, Mestagh, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine. The court heard he had five convictions but no previous drug offences.

Mitigating, Gareth Williams, on behalf of Rogers, said his client had lost his income after being disqualified from driving. He said the defendant had been addicted to amphetamines for about ten years, but his addiction had become more prominent, leading him to accept the deal.

Adam Sharp, on behalf of Jones, said his client played a limited managerial role and had no influence over those above her in the chain. He said the defendant had been in a relationship with Rogers for about eight years, but maintained her own home with her elderly mother and teenage children. She is also a grandmother of two and has no problems with alcohol or drugs.

Recorder David Harris sentenced Rogers to 58 months in prison suspended for two consecutive months. Jones was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.

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