Two Powys couriers admit 140 g cannabis and 27.2 g cocaine dealing
Rowan Webster, 26, and Ollie Wilson, 22, pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court to possessing 140 grams of cannabis and 27.2 grams of cocaine with intent to supply. The Powys men, arrested at The Garage in Forden in February 2024, are due to be sentenced on 26 November.
🇬🇧 Forden, near Welshpool, Powys · United Kingdom
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 140 g
Rowan Webster, 26, and Ollie Wilson, 22, entered guilty pleas at Mold Crown
Court on Friday, 30 October 2026.[1] They admitted possessing 140 grams of
cannabis and 27.2 grams of cocaine with intent to supply.[1] The charges
relate to their arrest at The Garage in Forden, near Welshpool, on 8 February
2024.[1] The court heard that both men were acting as drug couriers.[1]
Recorder Robert Philpotts adjourned sentencing until 26 November and ordered
pre-sentence reports on both defendants.[1] He made their cooperation with the
reports a condition of bail and said it was “in your interests”.[1] “You will
receive substantial credit for your pleas of guilty,” the recorder told them.[1]
They gave no indication of plea at that hearing.[2] Prosecutor Helen Tench
told the magistrates that the offences were not suitable for trial at the lower
court.[2]
Sources
- Powys drug couriers admit cocaine and cannabis offences. County Times, 30 October 2026.
- Newtown men face charges over cocaine and cannabis. County Times, 30 September 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- Sentencing was adjourned to 26 November 2026; no sentence has been reported.
- No estimated street value was published for the cannabis or the cocaine.
- Both accounts are from the County Times, so no independent outlet or police statement was found to confirm the case.
- Wilson's age is given as 21 at the September magistrates hearing and 22 at the October plea.
- No photograph of the Forden seizure or the court hearing was published; the article's only picture is an uncredited image of white powder.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in County Times: The pair had appeared at Welshpool Magistrates' Court on 29 September 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in County Times: Magistrates there sent the case to Mold Crown Court.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in County Times: A plea and trial preparation hearing was set for 30 October at Mold Crown Court.