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Carl and Donna Honey Jones were hauled before a judge along with four relatives to be sentenced for their part in flooding the streets of Swansea with cocaine,van cleef arpel replica necklace.

Prosecutor Ian Wright QC said the pair lived the kind of lavish lifestyle reserved for the rich and famous jetting off to all inclusive trips to the Maldives and even paying for a family trip to Lapland.

The couple also splashed the cash on their wedding too tying the knot at a 14th Century Church before going to a packed reception via horse and cart.

They drove around in a top of the range Audi and BMW, both with private number plates, and lived in a suburban four bedroomed home while still in minimum wage jobs and claiming thousands in benefits.

Mr Honey Jones, described by a judge as the "inept" head of his family run conspiracy, even got his father in law Brian Harding on the act with the 58 year old mixing cocaine with cutting agents in his garage.

Also caught out was the 31 year old's cousin Matthew Jones, who was stopped by police while driving an expensive Mercedes which had thousands of pounds in the boot.

And 32 year old Mrs Honey Jones' brother and sister inadvertently shopped themselves after calling the police after receiving threats from gangsters.

Judge Paul Thomas said the Honey Jones' operation which saw large quantities of cocaine brought from Liverpool to Swansea was motivated by greed.

He said: "Carl Honey Jones you were the dealer principle and in your case it financed a extravagant lifestyle of foreign holidays, a lavish wedding and luxury cars.

"The sums involved were in the seven figures and you Carl Honey Jones were at the very top of that conspiracy.

"Although it was was lucrative,van cleef fake flower necklace, the operation that you led was inept and amateurish.

"Top of the range cars and luxury brands in Penlan Road were bound to attract suspicion."

The drugs network was taken apart after police raided 11 addresses in Swansea last year.

Cocaine with a potential street value of 750,000, and almost 60,000 in cash was seized along with expensive jewellery including a genuine Rolex watch as well as cars and quad bikes.

Detectives also found a notebook detailing drug deals with the amounts described in court as "eye watering".

Receipts for the wedding of the Honey Jones' totalling 40,000 were discovered and various family holidays to Mexico, Dubai, Maldives and Florida also costing around 40,000.

A Christmas trip to Lapland had been booked, but never went ahead as the Honey Joneses had been arrested.

Prosecutor Mr Wright said the pair were "living the high life" despite their limited means.

The court heard Donna was working a 6,000 a year minimum wage job, while her husband was working on a "pay as you earn" basis on a 5,van cleef necklace replica wholesale,000 salary.

"In that same year they went on to claim state benefit", Mr Wright said in his opening.

The Honey Joneses both pleaded guilty to money laundering, while Carl also confessed to conspiring to supply Class A drugs.

Harding admitted he was a "willing conspirator" in the enterprise and mixed cocaine with cough drop agent Benzocaine to make the amounts of the drug they had go further therefore increasing the profit margin.

The court heard Harding also used a "heavy duty press" in this process so give the appearance of their product being a higher purity than it actually was.

The court heard that Carl's "right hand man" Matthew Jones,van cleef replica clover necklace, 24, then sold the drug to other dealers further down the chain and would collect the money before handing it over to his cousin.

As police raided the Honey Joneses house, his car was seen nearby by detectives.

And when he was later stopped by officers, he claimed that 2,700 cash in the boot of his car was just his savings before saying: "I know you just done over the Honey Joneses".

Meanwhile Harding's children, Laura Harding, 31, and David Owens, 41, became involved following the raids.

Owens said he feared for his life after getting threatening phone calls from gangsters from Liverpool saying there was still cocaine outstanding that the police had not recovered.

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