A MAN who involved himself in the supply of multiple class A drugs to Rhyl has been jailed.

Daniel Doyle, 21, of Coatsford Close, Liverpool, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment at Mold Crown Court today (July 18).

He had previously pleaded guilty to charges of being concerned in the supply of both crack cocaine and heroin.

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Prosecuting, Catherine Elvin told the court that Doyle’s arrest came about as part of “Operation Toxic”, a County Lines drugs operation conducted by Merseyside Police.

Investigations within that operation led police to the discovery of the “Scouse Paul” line, with a phone number being used to send “flare messages” advertising the sale of class A drugs.

The most frequently contacted numbers from that phone number were found to be those of Doyle’s girlfriend, brother and grandfather.

On June 7, a search warrant was executed at Doyle’s girlfriend’s home, where the defendant was present at the time.

When asked for the location of the phone in question, he directed officers to it, situated within a kitchen cupboard in the property.

Officers recovered the Nokia phone, and also seized a phone charger, battery and £400 in cash.

Messages from the phone were found to be consistent with Doyle having sent “flare messages” relating to the sale of crack cocaine and heroin.

These included “on with ‘W’ (cocaine)”, and “on with the biggest of both”.

Ms Elvin added that Doyle had eight previous convictions for 15 offences, the latest of which he received last October, also for being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as for possession of the former.

For those matters, he was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, meaning he breached his suspended sentence by re-offending.

Defending Doyle, Charlie Lander said his client had endured a “very dysfunctional childhood”, spending some of it living with his grandparents before being placed in the care system.

His father has died, and “only recently”, Mr Lander said, has Doyle been able to renew contact with his mother.

Doyle also missed the birth of his young daughter while he was on remand awaiting today’s sentence.

He said he had owed debts to “people you can’t say no to” from previous matters.

Mr Lander said: “Clearly, he needs to rid himself of the associates that led him to commit these offences.

“He is determined, when released from custody, to move away from Liverpool, find work, and rid himself of those associates.”

Sentencing, Judge Rhys Rowlands also ordered all items seized by police to forfeited and destroyed.

Doyle will pay a statutory surcharge upon his release.

Judge Rowlands told him: “You’re now back before the court having reverted to your old ways.

“Clearly, you were playing an operational role here, and clearly, you had an awareness of the scale of the operation.

“Plainly, you’d have known the risks you were running by involving yourself in the supply of drugs for a second time.”