Joshua Chappell (left) and Joshua Tobin

Two young drug dealers were caught by police who had intelligence linking the car they were in to vehicle thefts, a court has heard.

Despite the best efforts of people who stopped officers from following them, Joshua Tobin and Joshua Chappell were arrested and a subsequent examination of their phones revealed what they had been doing.

Newport Crown Court heard both defendants - who are aged 19 and 21 - have previous convictions for trafficking drugs, with one of them being on a suspended sentence for dealing when he was caught again.

Regan Walters, prosecuting, told the court that on November 3 this year police on patrol in the Townhill area of Swansea saw a red Fiat Punto followed by a grey VW Polo driving in convoy together in Dyfed Avenue,

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