Iestyn Raven, 24, was caught on camera boasting about his wealth and claiming Universal Credit while running a drug line. He was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for supplying crack cocaine and heroin.
A boasting drug dealer who filmed himself waving stacks of cash while making a call to claim benefits has been jailed.
The dealer can then be seen picking up a bundle of drug money and pretending to use it as a phone as he laughed to the camera.A court heard Raven ran the 'Ronnie and Reggie' drug line to supply crack cocaine and heroin through the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. Iestyn Raven, 24, donned chunky gold necklaces and flashy jewelled bracelets as he made the call for Universal Credit, telling the operator 'I'm struggling for money'
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard officers raided his house in Barry before they uncovered the drug phone they were tracing in a bedside table.Raven pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin, being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, and acquiring criminal property.Detective Inspector Tim Jones said: 'Iestyn Raven was making a substantial amount of money from his drug dealing and living a life of relative luxury at the expense of others.
He was arrested on September 30 by South Wales Police after a series of other drug arrests led them to him
DRUG DEALER BENEFITS FRAUD POLICE ARREST PRISON SENTENCE SOUTH WALES
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