A man from Exeter has been jailed after coming to Bristol with the intention of selling cocaine at St Paul's Carnival.
Joshua Hemming admitted intending to supply a Class A drug at the event.
Delivery driver Hemming, 23, of Ladysmith Road in Exeter, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply on July 6 last year.
The recorder Miss Kate Brunner QC jailed him for 28 months.
She told Hemming: "This is a sorry tale of how, despite your excellent upbringing, you became involved in drugs.
"You began to buy cocaine in bulk, selling it to friends in order to continue the cycle."
Neil Treharne, prosecuting, told Bristol Crown Court police spotted Hemming crouched down next to a man in Drummond Road.
When he was found to have a bag of white powder, suspected to be drugs, Hemming told officers it was for him and his mates - and they told him he shouldn't be saying that to them.
Police found him on possession of wraps of high purity cocaine weighing some 30g.
His home was searched and police found £260 in cash as well as weighing scales.
Hemming admitted coming to Bristol for carnival, intending to drink and listen to music with his friends.
Probation officer Robyn Rees told the court Hemming had graduated to Class A drugs while at university in Bristol and had dropped out in his first year, after which his drug use increased.
Joss Ticehurst, defending, said the case involved low level drugs supply to friends.
He said that, since, Hemming had been working as a delivery driver, become clean of drugs and disassociated from old ties.
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Mr Ticehurst said: "He presents as a naive individual.
"There is genuine remorse.
"To the largest degree he has rehabilitated himself already.
"He is most unlikely to ever trouble the police or the court again.
"This has been a huge wake-up call for him."
At last year's St Paul's Carnival seven people were arrested, while the event was attended by around 100,000 people celebrating African-Caribbean culture in the city.
