MAN HID HEROIN INSIDE HIS BODY

A "MULE" was caught with £1,600 worth of heroin hidden inside his body, a court has heard.

- JASON EVANS

Mark Anthony Briskham and another man had driven from west Wales to Swansea to buy the drug but their car was intercepted by police on the return journey.

The 52-year-old refused to undergo a body scan in hospital, but later passed a package containing 12g of heroin.

Swansea Crown Court heard Briskham has 112 previous offences on his record and a judge said it was evident from reading the defendant's pre-sentence report that he is somebody who "wants to manipulate situations to take as much from society as possible without giving back".

Caitlin Brazel, prosecuting, told the court that on the morning of June 8 last year, the defendant and another male drove from Pembrokeshire to Swansea to collect a quantity of diamorphine, also known as heroin.

On the return journey their car was stopped by police on the A477 at Llanteg.