3:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010
A Pembroke Dock man discovered to be in possession of a quantity of cocaine told police he had found them in a pub, a jury heard this morning (Wednesday).
But, said Corrina Hughes, prosecuting, officers also found other paraphernalia associated with drug dealing when searching his property .
John Brockway, aged 52, of Apley Gardens, Gwyther Street, admits possessing 19 grams of cocaine but denies possessing the drug with intent to supply.
Miss Hughes told Swansea crown court how police executed a search warrant on May 22nd last year at a property owned by Brockway and known then as the New Build, Gwyther Street.
The building was divided into two flats and officers first went to the top flat, where they spoke to Brockway.
Officers became suspicious when they found a large number of plastic "Smiley Face" bags. Brockway was asked about the bottom flat but seemed to want to distance himself from the property.
Miss Hughes said he then agreed he owned both flats but said he did not have a key to the lower flat.
Police used a sledgehammer to gain entry and in the bathroom found a bowl containing lidocaine, which Miss Hughes said was often used as a cutting agent with cocaine.
They also found more "Smiley Face" bags, weighing scales that turned out to have traces of cocaine on them and 19.3 grams of cocaine.
Brockway was arrested and during police interviews the following day said he had found the drugs in the Bush Tavern, Pembroke Dock.
Miss Hughes described the explanation as "unlikely in the extreme."
"If he had found them in the pub then why did he have the scales, with traces of drugs on them, the Smiley Bags, and the lidocaine, a known cutting agent?" she asked.
The trial is expected to conclude tomorrow (Thursday).
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