A DRIVER pulled over for breaching lockdown rules was discovered to be on his way to sell drugs in three towns.

And a phone tracker from his jealous partner provided evidence of the extent of his drug dealing.

Police found £17,000 worth of crack cocaine, heroin and amphetamine in the footwell of the car and in Ronnie Turner's underwear.

Officers had stopped him on the A39 at Kilve in April after noticing there were four people in the car when only two were allowed to be together.

Taunton Crown Court heard that Turner, 38, had travelled from his home in Buxton, Derbyshire, to create a new county line drug supply in Taunton, Minehead and Wellington.

Turner told police he was heading to the Minehead area to see friends, despite the strict lockdown rules in place at the time.

The court heard de icer was used in the car to try to hide the strong smell of drugs.

The three other people in the car have been released under investigation but Turner admitted three charges of possession with intent to supply and was jailed for six years by Judge Paul Cook.

The court heard his partner had placed a tracker on his phone as she suspected he was seeing another woman.

But the phone revealed damning audio and video clips which proved he was an "established dealer" calling more than 100 potential drug customers at a time.

Turner, a drug user with large debts, was heard saying: "I am down south again starting this line" as he traded in Somerset and was expecting "significant financial gains".

Mary McCarthy, defending, said Turner had a £1,000-a-day crack habit and called him "an experienced street dealer".

Judge Cook said the audio clips gave "an insight into nature of the activity" and said Turner had been jailed for 54 months before for a conspiracy to supply drugs.