A drug dealer caught with tens of thousands of pounds worth of heroin is facing the prospect of a lengthy jail term.

Darren Walcott was caught with eight ounces of the drug as well as thousands in cash when police pulled over a car he was being carried in.

And officers found a further kilogram of the drug in a car near to a flat the 30-year-old had been using in Swindon.

Walcott admitted possessing heroin with intent to supply and a money laundering offence of possessing criminal property.

He had eight ounces of heroin with a street value of about £11,000 when he was arrested on Monday, August 31, last year.

Walcott had been in the passenger seat of a car which was pulled over by the police and the drugs and money were found in the foot well.

A few days after his arrest the police found a further kilogram of the drug in a car outside the flat he had been using. After forensic evidence linked him to the package – worth in the region of £50,000 in street deals – he admitted it was his.

Walcott, of Palmers Green, north London, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing class-A drugs with intent to supply.

He also admitted a further count of possessing criminal property in the form of £11,919 cash during the hearing at Swindon Crown Court.

A charge of conspiracy to supply heroin was dropped against Walcott after he entered his guilty pleas to the three matters.

A second man walked free from court after a similar conspiracy charge against him was also dropped.

At an earlier hearing the court was told that Walcott had a previous conviction for similar drugs offences.

He was also on a suspended sentence order imposed in January last year for other matters at the time he was arrested with the drugs.

Judge Douglas Field adjourned the hearing to allow the probation service time to compile a pre-sentence report on the defendant.

He remanded Walcott in custody to Wednesday, June 9, when he is likely to receive a lengthy jail term.