Overview

• Plain-clothes South Wales Police officers saw Malachi Lewis approach a group in Adamsdown offering drugs before he tried to ride off on an illegally modified e-bike.
• He was detained and found with £401.06 in cash and a Nokia burner phone that rang repeatedly during questioning.
• Messages on the phone included the phrase “live both,” which prosecutors said indicated readiness to supply cocaine and heroin.
• Cardiff Crown Court heard he has five previous convictions for seven offences, including heroin dealing in March 2024 and multiple knife offences in 2024 and 2025.
• Lewis received a two-year prison sentence and a £228 victim surcharge, with the court told he became a father after his arrest and has taken roofing and plumbing courses in Parc Prison.