Woman marched off easyJet flight and jailed ‘thought she was above the legislation’
Lisa Regan and ex-husband Phillip Jones were arrested in connection with a drugs operation supplying cocaine to dealers in Wales from a cafe – they have both been jailed
A woman and her ex-husband have been jailed after she was arrested and escorted off a plane by police. Lisa Regan, from Portmead, Swansea, and her ex, Phillip Jones, from Brynhyfryd, Swansea, have been locked up for running a drug operation that supplied substantial quantities of cocaine to dealers in Wales.
Regan, 53, and Jones, 44, laundered the money they earned from supplying drugs to dealers via a café in Blaenymaes. The pair have been handed a combined prison sentence of 14 years.
Upon returning to the UK from an overseas trip, Regan was arrested after officers escorted her off an easyJet plane after it touched down on the runway.
Images discovered on the couple’s mobile phones depicted Jones chopping up a kilo of cocaine. In October, Jones admitted to being involved in the supply of cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to supply cocaine, concealing criminal property, and driving whilst disqualified at Swansea Magistrates Court, reports Wales Online.
Regan also admitted to being involved in the supply of cocaine, possession with intent to supply cocaine, and concealing criminal property, resulting in a prison sentence of seven years and four months.
Phillip Jones has been sentenced to six years and eight months behind bars.
A third man has also been sentenced after he was nabbed purchasing large quantities of drugs from Regan and operating his own scheme in the Ammanford area.
Tracy Lewis, hailing from Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, has been put behind bars after admitting to numerous drug-related offences.
The 54-year-old confessed to involvement in the supply of cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis, possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of criminal property (£1,937 in cash).
Lewis received a six-year prison sentence.
Sergeant Luke Tucker from South Wales Police stated: “Between them, Lisa Regan, Phillip Jones and Tracy Lewis were responsible for flooding our local communities with significant quantities of Class A and B drugs.
“They thought that they were above the law – but they will have been devastated to discover that their operations weren’t as impenetrable as they thought. They will now get the chance to reflect on that over their long prison spells. Their removal from society has made our streets far safer and better off.”
