A VIOLENT dealer who delivered Class-A drugs in a gold car has been locked up after being caught with more than £2,000 of narcotics stashed in his pants. 

Rhys Wembridge had previously been caged for two years for a stabbing, but was released from prison early.

And, while he should still have been behind bars, he was caught with cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin in a gold Renault Megane in Paisley. In total, the 19-year-old had 27 bags of cocaine, worth about £1,500, and 19 bags of heroin, worth £665.

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And he was caught with the drugs because the gold car had previously been flagged up to police as one used for drug deliveries.

The details emerged last week when Wembridge, of Paisley, appeared in the dock at the town’s sheriff court to plead guilty over the events of August 10.

He pleaded guilty to the two charges against him of being concerned in the supply of diamorphine – heroin – and being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Keri Marshall said: “Prior to this incident, police were in receipt of intelligence a gold Renault Megane being driven in the Paisley area was involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs. 

“At around 10.30am on August 10, 2018, police officers were on mobile patrol in Incle Street, Paisley. They spotted a gold Renault Megane and saw the accused in the front passenger seat and officers indicated for the car to be pulled over, which it did. 

“They detained the accused and the driver. The accused was searched and police officers recovered a blue parcel containing a number of bags of brown powder from the waistband of the accused’s boxer shorts.”

Wembridge then handed over the rest of the drugs he had on him.

Defence solicitor Jonathan Manson told Sheriff James Spy that Wembridge had become a drug dealer to pay off a debt to his own dealer.

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The lawyer said: “The Crown had information he had a severe drug habit and owed money to a drug dealer. He owed a substantial amount of money to a dealer well known to the Crown and was threatened he was to run the drugs for him or harm would come to him.”

Wembridge was remanded by Sherriff Spy and sentence was deferred for background reports.