Alex O'Gorman has been jailed for eight years for drug dealing. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Drug dealer was rumbled after police found blocks of cocaine in car in Somerset town

Paul JonesJanuary 7, 20260 Comment0

A DEALER who supplied drugs worth more than £1 million was rumbled after a car was stopped in Weston-super-Mare – with 1kg blocks of cocaine found in the boot.

Police discovered “multiple” blocks of cocaine in a vehicle stopped in the Somerset town in January 2024.

Alex O’Gorman, of Woodside Drive, Newbridge, Wales, was later identified as having supplied a woman with the drugs.

The female in the car was convicted and jailed for a drugs supply offence in March 2025, but investigators were then able to uncover evidence showing O’Gorman had supplied her with the haul of cocaine, as well as a further 10kg of the same drug in October 2023.

Officers arrested 27-year-old O’Gorman in February last year and on searching his vehicle found a black bag containing snap bags of cocaine, and a further bag in a bedroom, also containing cocaine, totalling more than 1.36kg and worth around £108,800.

They also found scales, deal bags, gloves, a quantity of bank notes and a knuckle duster.

O’Gorman admitted charges of being concerned in the supply of a class A drug, possession with intent to supply a class A drug and possession of an offensive weapon and was sentenced to eight years behind bars at Taunton Crown Court today (January 7).

Det Ch Insp Ben Lavender, deputy head of the serious and organised crime team, said: “Alex O’Gorman is a drug-dealer responsible for supplying a vast amount of cocaine into our area and we’re pleased he’s been brought to justice for his crimes.

“Through meticulous enquiries, we were able to link him to the haul found in the back of the car stopped in Weston-super-Mare, as well as an earlier supply of cocaine the year before.

“The fact he was found to have further large quantities of the drug in his possession when he was arrested shows he was continuing to pursue an illicit career out of supplying this dangerous substance.”