Port Talbot man jailed after supplying Class A drugs

A man from Neath Port Talbot has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to supplying Class A drugs.

38-year-old Leighton Burgess, from Port Talbot, was in possession of a mobile phone which was tied to messages detailing drug supply when he was arrested in April.

His number had been identified during phone downloads of another three men arrested for drugs offences earlier this year.

In May, Burgess pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, diazepam and pregabalin.

He has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Detective Inspector Richard George said:

“Leighton Burgess may have enjoyed a brief financial success when he chose to involve himself in Class A drugs, but this was always going to end in him being sent to prison.

“You can only begin to imagine the negative impact that the drugs which Leighton Burgess has sold have had on those who have consumed them, not to mention their friends, family and wider communities.

“With another good drugs sentence, a message has been sent that the drug trade does not pay in the end – our officers will find you and you will go to prison.”