A drug dealer who sold 2kg of cannabis, worth about £26,000, on the streets of Swindon has been jailed for two years and four months.

Benjamin Danso-Obeng from the Netherlands was stopped more than once with scores of wraps of the drug for sale as well as more than £15,000 in takings.

And one of the 26-year-old's suppliers Nikolai Snitynski, 27, also got 18 months while his brother Zack Snitynski, 25, who acted as their go between, was spared jail.

Hannah Squire, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court Danso-Obeng was first stopped by police in June 2016.

She said he was found to have 46 wraps of cannabis, worth about £550, along with £150 in cash on him.

When his home was searched officers found just under £9,000 and bank documents showing he had a further £5,000 in savings, with £1,800 deposited in March and June.

After being released on bail having pleaded not guilty he was stopped again in November with 13 bags of cannabis and about £300, with almost £6,000 at his home.

His phones were also seized and the links with the Snitynskis were found and a few days later he was again caught with seven wraps of the drug.

When police again went to his home they found another 41 wraps of drugs also with about £4,000 worth of high end clothing.

In December last year police stopped a car with Zak in it and he was found with drugs worth up to £900, saying he had come from his brother's house.

"At this point the police collected all the phones together. The parties had been connected as far back as September 2016," she said.

It was found that Nikolai, who had £1,290 on him when he was arrested, had been providing drugs to Danso-Obeng after being introduced to him by Zak.

Danso-Obeng, of Handel Street, Gorse Hill, and the Snitynskis, of Firefly Avenue, admitted conspiracy to supply drugs between September 2016 and last December.

Sam Arif, for Danso-Obeng, said her client had not understood the cultural differences after being raised in Amsterdam where there is a more liberal attitude to cannabis. She said he came to the UK in 2014 to be with his mum and had work, but became unemployed for a while and sold drugs to support his own use.

Lawrence Henderson, for Nikolai, said his client had a previous conviction for a similar offence from 2012.

He said he works as a builder earning about £1,700 a month and was a heavy user of cannabis, but had now stopped.

Steven Talbot-Hadley, for Zak, said he played a lesser role in the enterprise, having introduced the others to each other, and had shown genuine remorse.Passing sentence Judge Jason Taylor QC told Danso-Obeng said "Text messages from your phone suggest you were buying some 2oz a week."

He told Nikolai "You were introduced to Mr Danso-Obeng by your brother and you were one of his suppliers.

"You were in direct contact with him and it was in my judgement an arrangement for profit."

He jailed Danso-Obeng for 28 months, Nikolai for 18 months and Zak for one year suspended for 18 months with 200 hours of unpaid work.