A DRUGS dealer accused of involvement in a so-called 'County Lines' operation at Wrexham has been jailed for seven years and 10 months.

Caernarfon Crown Court heard how Daniel John Monaghan, 30, who admitted conspiracy to supply drugs in North Wales, had been held with other suspects from Wrexham and Merseyside during a police Operation Bypass offensive.

Prosecuting counsel Richard Edwards said a PC on duty at Wrexham had been in Churchill Drive, Caia Park, when he saw a woman with another conspirator.

The man had run back to a house and then fled through gardens with Monaghan.

They had been detained and Monaghan was found to have £1,300, mobile phones and cannabis.

The defendants had plotted over six months from November 2017 to supply heroin and cocaine.

Mr Edwards said another property in Talbot Road, Hightown, was searched and wraps of heroin and crack cocaine worth £5,000 were discovered.

Mr Edwards said Monaghan was on bail when in October police saw him at a property in Hull. He told officers: "I have been caught red-handed.”

Heroin and crack cocaine valued at nearly £11,000 were seized along with an incapacitant spray.

Monaghan, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs with intent to supply and having a prohibited weapon.

Philip Astbury, defending Monaghan, said there were two incidents of drug-dealing.

The defendant’s partner was standing by him and he wished to move to Scotland with his girlfriend and child.

Judge Timothy Petts told Monaghan: "It has to be custody, as you know.

"Class A drugs are a widespread problem.

"Those who supply or conspire to supply them can expect little sympathy when they appear in court because of the death and misery they cause to many people.”