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Drug dealer caught with cocaine in Kinder Egg was paying off mum's debt
A drug dealer caught with cocaine in a Kinder Egg had been paying off his mum's debts. Kane Braisdell was selling cocaine from the family home in Wrexham.
The 21-year-old admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possession with intent to supply cocaine. A judge sentenced him to two years imprisonment suspended for two years.
Prosecutor Myles Wilson told Caernarfon Crown Court the defendant was selling cocaine from his flat in Caia Park, Wrexham for about seven weeks in May and June this year. You can sign up for all the latest court stories here
Braisdell would send out bulk messages advertising the sale of cocaine typically to 200 people at a time, and take their orders. During his spree he changed the number of his graft phone, said Mr Wilson.
But police traced it and he was arrested on June 26. In a search at his home they found six wraps of crack cocaine in a Kinder Egg, £300 in cash, a dealer's list, scales and the graft phone. Braisdell gave no comment answers in interview.
Alun Williams, defending, said the "naive and immature" defendant had been "young and incredibly foolish". He has struggled during his time on remand in prison and could be rehabilitated, he claimed.
The judge Her Honour Nicola Jones told Braisdell, of Tryweryn Place, Wrexham, he had been under pressure, had been working off a drug debt "which was mainly as a result of your mother's addiction", and has not re-offended.
Suspending the prison sentence she ordered the defendant to do 25 days of rehabilitation activity and go on a six-month drug rehabilitation programme.
