Husband and wife's secret life as heroin and cocaine dealers

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Husband and wife's secret life as heroin and cocaine dealers
Curtis Price, 29, and Sarah Price, 25, were found with various amount of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine after police searched their unit at an industrial estate
Curtis and Sarah Price were involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine.
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A husband and wife were exposed as drug dealers involved in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine which they kept at an industrial estate unit. When they were arrested by police, the couple's children were present, having been taken by their parents to the unit.
Curtis Price, 29, and Sarah Price, 25, were seen by police driving at speed in a black BMW at Abercanaid Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil on May 15. They entered a unit and locked it behind them, and remained there for some time.
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A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday heard Curtis Price emerged on his own and officers approached his car, which the defendant locked from inside. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter.
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Officers managed to detain Curtis Price and then heard shouting coming from inside the unit and when they opened the shutters they saw Sarah Price inside.
Curtis Price, 29, was involved in the supply of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine.
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When the defendants and the unit were searched, three mobiles, £350 in cash and drug apparatus were seized.
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Prosecutor Emma Meadows said the following items were discovered in the unit; a Tupperware box containing 133g of cocaine worth between £5,000 and £7,000, 3.32g of heroin worth £345, a DKNY bag containing a white waxy substance which was found to be 67.88g of crack cocaine worth £7,000, snap bags containing 17 wraps of crack cocaine worth £255, 30 packaged heroin deals worth £450, and four snap bags containing cocaine valued between £440 and £650.
Among the paraphernalia seized were bicarbonate of soda, bottles of ammonia, a breathing respirator, three weighing scales, Tupperware boxes, a Pyrex jug, cardboard, and two large knives in a Sports Direct bag.
The phones were examined and revealed Curtis Price was involved in the supply of class A drugs, with Sarah Price aware of the operation and helping with deliveries and preparing the drugs.
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Sarah Price, 25, was involved in the supply of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine.
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Both defendants, of Tremgarth, Trecynon, Aberdare, pleaded guilty to three counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and possession of criminal property, in relation to vehicles found in the unit.
The court heard Curtis Price has three previous convictions for driving offences and Sarah Price is of previous good character.
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In mitigation for Curtis Price, Hywel Davies said his client had lost his employment as a result of his mental health and felt pressure to provide for his wife and children.
He said the defendant wanted to "give his children a better life" and for the family to have enough money to live off.
In mitigation for Sarah Price, Elin Morgan said her client's involvement stemmed from her "naivety" of the severity of the situation and she had no influence on those above her in the chain.
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Judge Richard Kember sentenced Curtis Price to three years and six months imprisonment and Sarah Price to three years imprisonment.