'Want a massive boulder' – crack cocaine dealer caught out by text messages

Daniel Grier was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to two charges of being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug – crack cocaine and cocaine.

The 40-year-old, from Shrewsbury, but of no-fixed-abode, was arrested by police on April 11.

As part of the arrest his phone was seized and examined by experts who discovered a host of messages which suggested Grier had been dealing Class A drugs.

Rosemary Proctor, prosecuting, told the court that Grier had admitted both charges on the 'basis' that he had only been dealing to a limited circle of friends to fund his own habit – and had not made money from the efforts.