'Wholesale' dealer busted as police uncover MASSIVE haul of deadly weapons and 'pink rocks' drug '100 times more powerful than heroin'

A 'wholesale' drug dealer has been jailed after police uncovered a huge stash of deadly weapons and a synthetic opioid said to be 100 times more powerful than heroin. David Smith, 35, tried to flee from officers who raided a shipping container where drugs were kept, but was caught and arrested.

When police arrived at the container, a stolen Ford EcoSport was seen trying to escape from an embankment, but rolled backwards.

A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in Wales heard the driver was Coran Davies, 22, who was handcuffed and searched. He was found in possession of four keys which unlocked padlocks on the shipping container, while he also had cash and 28g of cannabis.

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When police searched the shipping container in Wern Street, Clydach Vale, on January 19, they discovered a carrier bag containing pink rocks. This was found to be metonitazene – a synthetic opioid described by prosecutor John Ryan as being "a 100 times more potent than diamorphine". The drug was said to have originated in China and was sold as "fake heroin" which had a high risk of users overdosing.

Also found in the container was a significant amount of cutting agents, more than 6kg of cannabis trimmings, a hydraulic press, and digital scales containing traces of various drugs, reports Wales Online.

It was discovered that Smith had fled from the area in a Range Rover Sport. A search was made for the vehicle but Smith was seen riding as a passenger in a white car which was stopped by the police. When searched he was found with cash, a Range Rover key, and a balaclava.

The Range Rover Sport was discovered nearby and contained an ID card in Smith's