A WRONG turn into a Netherton cul-de-sac has sent a drug dealer to prison for six years.

Theodore Harris made the mistake of driving into The Willows, where two police officers just happened to be present, making enquiries into an unrelated matter.

They went over to Harris' car and spotted a throwing axe lying by the front passenger seat, said Antonie Muller, prosecuting.

He told Wolverhampton Crown Court that the find resulted in a detailed search of the vehicle, which saw the officers discover £2,000 worth of high purity cocaine, together with heroin and cannabis.

A stab-proof vest was also recovered by police together with mobile telephones that contained information about drug dealing, added Mr Muller.

Harris, aged 28, of no fixed address, admitted possessing cocaine, heroin and cannabis with intent to supply in Netherton and a further charge of possessing cocaine with intent to supply in Weymouth.

"No street dealer sells drug of this purity," Judge Dean Kershaw told the father-of-two at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

"You were closer than most to the source of the cocaine.

"The fact you had a stab-proof vest is indicative of the dangerous nature of what you were up to.

"You were clearly playing a significant role."