A car dealer from Port Talbot has been ordered to pay back £82,528 after being caught with more than four kilograms of cocaine in his self-storage unit.
Wales Online reports that earlier this year, John Joseph Kear, aged 56, was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison after a police raid at MyBox Storage in Baglan uncovered a significant stash of drugs.
Officers found a 249g block of compressed cocaine with an exceptionally high purity of 84%, as well as four separate packages containing just under one kilogram each of powdered cocaine.
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Aimee Turner
Deputy editor
AM deputy editor Aimée Turner has been a specialist B2B editor and journalist covering the international transportation sector for more than 20 years.
She has specialised in the significant safety, regulatory, and environmental issues that impact advanced technology businesses in the pursuit of more efficient, safer and sustainable transportation modes.
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