A man has admitted travelling from Cardiff to Pembrokeshire to supply class A drugs.

43-year-old Daniel Rockett of Rhiwderyn Close, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and being concerned in the supply of cocaine at Swansea Crown Court today (August 21).

At around 11.45pm on Tuesday 21 July, Pembrokeshire roads policing officers stopped a vehicle on the A4076 near Johnston, Haverfordwest, following information that the car was being used for dealing drugs.

Officers acted on evidence that Rockett’s vehicle – a silver Nissan Qashqai - had travelled from Cardiff to Milford Haven on three separate occasions the week prior to his arrest, staying in the area for as little as 10 minutes before returning to Cardiff.

With reason to suspect these regular journeys were for drug dealing purposes, roads policing officers were joined by detectives and police dog Eric to search the vehicle.

In the boot, the search team found 142g of cocaine stuffed inside a mobile phone accessory bag which was buried in the spare wheel compartment.

A drugs expert at Dyfed-Powys Police suggested that this amount of cocaine would carry a street value of between £14,240 and £17,800.

Rockett was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and later charged and remanded into custody.

A search of his home address found more drug paraphernalia and small amounts of cocaine and cannabis. Text messages downloaded from Rockett’s mobile phone further strengthened the case that Rockett was involved in the supply of cocaine.

Despite initially attempting to persuade officers that he was being threatened into dealing drugs, Daniel Rockett pleaded guilty as charged before the judge at Swansea Crown Court.

He will be sentenced on September 10.

Detective sergeant Vinny Barrett said: “The strength of evidence against Rockett led him to plead guilty today, and we welcome his decision to take accountability for his offending.

“There is no reasonable excuse for bringing drugs into our force area, and this result is a testament to our commitment to making Dyfed-Powys hostile to those who deal drugs.

“We await his sentencing.”