A teenager was running a profitable cocaine dealing business from his BMW, a court has heard.
Callum Liam Jay Regan was busted when a passing police officer became suspicious of the way his car was parked on the side of the road.
After a short chase the 19-year-old was caught, and a police sniffer dog found more than £1,100 worth of the Class A drug in his car as well as £825 in cash.
Swansea Crown Court heard on September 29 last year an officer from South Wales Police 's roads policing unit was travelling along the city's Pentregethin Road when his suspicion was aroused by the way three cars were parked.
Ashanti-Jade Walton, said one car - a BMW 1-series - was parked at an awkward angle, and the other two were parked close-by in an driver side window to driver side window formation.
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The prosecutor said the officer approached the trio of vehicles but the BMW "sped off".
The traffic officer gave chase, and on nearby Gendros Avenue East the Beamer stopped.
Miss Walton said the driver, Regan, gave a negative alcohol test but the officer saw "a large amount of money" in the driver's door pocket and administered a drug test - which he failed.
The court heard a police dog unit was brought in, and the car was searched - in total wraps containing almost 43 grams of cocaine were found in the car, along with £825 in cash.
On the driver's mobile phone officers found bulk text messages relating to "the purity and price structure" of drugs.
A subsequent test showed the teenager had 372 micrograms of benzoylecgonine - metabolite of cocaine - per litre of blood, the limit being 50.
Regan, of St Cenydd Road, Portmead , Swansea , had previously pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply, and to driving with a level of a controlled substance over the specified limit when he appeared in the dock for sentencing,
Defence barrister James Hartson said his client had begun as a recreational user of cocaine, but the use had "quickly developed into addiction" which in turn led to dealing to fund the habit.
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He said the teenager was an apprentice plumber with a Swansea firm where he was highly regarded and had no previous convictions.
Judge Keith Thomas said the defendant had set himself up as "street dealer" and was running a "relatively profitable business" from his BMW.
The judge said given the defendant's guilty pleas, age, and lack of previous convictions the appropriate sentence for the drug dealing dealing charge was one of 32 months detention in a young offenders institution.
A separate penalty was imposed for the drug-driving charge. Regan will serve half the 32 months before being released to serve the remainder on licence in the community.
Judge Thomas ordered that the money seized by police from the BWM be given to South Wales Police to help in the fight against drugs.
