March 03, 2026 - 185 views
Two men from Denbighshire have been jailed for their roles in supplying cocaine, ketamine and cannabis between North Wales and Cheshire.
Tylor McEvoy, 21, of John Street, Rhyl, and Jake Buckley-Mellor, 20, of Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn, appeared at Mold Crown Court on Tuesday, 3 March, where they were sentenced after previously admitting multiple drug offences.
The pair had pleaded guilty to charges relating to the possession and supply of Class A and Class B drugs following an investigation by North Wales Police’s Central Priority Crime Team.
The court heard that between June and December 2025 the men operated a drugs line running between Rhyl and Runcorn. During that period, more than 25,000 bulk advertising text messages were sent to customers promoting the sale of cocaine, ketamine and cannabis, with offers of rapid day and night-time drop-offs.
Officers established that Buckley-Mellor regularly purchased credit for the so-called “drugs phones” from local newsagents. Acting as a street-level dealer within the operation, he frequently managed the line and dealt directly with customers.
McEvoy was found to have overseen the day-to-day running of the network, supplying further quantities of Class A and Class B drugs to replenish stock when needed.
Following their arrests in December 2025, police executed searches at their home addresses. Class A and B drugs, weapons and cash were seized. A newly activated mobile phone advertising cocaine to customers was also recovered from McEvoy.
Both men were later further charged in connection with a separate investigation and admitted being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs during 2024.
At court, McEvoy was sentenced to a total of four years and nine months’ imprisonment. His sentence also included separate matters of wounding and malicious communications offences committed in Rhyl in 2024.
Buckley-Mellor was also handed a custodial sentence for his part in the operation.
The investigation forms part of ongoing efforts by North Wales Police to disrupt so-called “county lines” drug networks operating across the region.
