A clumsy drug dealer was caught red-handed after his own dashcam recording him selling drugs.
Scott Curtis, 45, was caught in the act after being stopped by police while driving on September 6, 2018.
As officers approached his yellow Ford Focus, he tried to throw cocaine and cannabis outside the window.
The drugs, however, were recovered. Curtis was arrested and taken into police custody.
But it was the bungling dealer's dashcam footage which sealed his fate, as Wales Online reports.
The clip, obtained by police, shows Curtis answering his phone and telling a buyer: "I don't do Valium, gear I do."
He then agreed a price of "three for 25".
After agreeing to meet the client the drug deal then played out in full view of detective constable Steve Woolley.
And following his arrest officers executed a warrant to search his Cwmdare home in South Wales, where they found cannabis plants.
Curtis later appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and possessing heroin with intent to supply and producing cannabis. He was jailed for two years and six months.
Detective constable Woolley, of South Wales Police, said: “Scott tried his best to get away with his crimes. He threw drugs from his vehicle and then claimed that it was all for own personal use.
"But when we played back his own dashcam footage I don’t think he could quite believe it himself.
"Initially he replied no comment each time he was given the chance to explain what was going on but, so good was the case against him, he pleaded guilty to all charges and will spend a considerable time behind bars."
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