Tylor McEvoy and Jake Buckley-Mellor (Image: North Wales Police)
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Two young men from Denbighshire are behind bars after admitting their roles in a drug supply operation that flooded the local area with cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis.
Tylor McEvoy, 21, of John Street, Rhyl, and Jake Buckley-Mellor, 20, of Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn, were sentenced at Mold Crown Court on Tuesday, 3 March, after both entered guilty pleas to multiple drug offences involving the possession and supply of Class A and Class B substances.
The operation
An investigation by the Central Priority Crime Team uncovered a drug supply line running between Rhyl and Runcorn. Between June and December 2025, the pair’s drug line phone numbers sent out more than 25,000 advertisement messages to customers, promoting the sale of cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis with rapid day and night-time drop-offs.
Officers established that Buckley-Mellor regularly purchased credit for the drug phones from local newsagents and often controlled the drugs line as one of the street-level dealers in the operation.
McEvoy oversaw the day-to-day running of the network, resupplying Buckley-Mellor with further Class A and B substances when needed.
Arrests and seizures
When the pair were arrested in December 2025, Class A and B drugs, weapons, and cash were seized from their addresses. A brand-new drug supply phone offering cocaine to customers was also found in McEvoy’s possession.
Both men were subsequently further charged and admitted to being concerned in the supply of Class A and B drugs in 2024, following evidence gathered during a separate investigation.
Sentencing
McEvoy was sentenced to a total of four years and nine months in prison. His custodial term included separate charges of wounding and malicious communications offences, which occurred in Rhyl in 2024.
Buckley-Mellor was ordered to serve three years in prison for his offences.
Police response
Investigating officers DC 3360 Wynne and PC 2940 Davies, both of the Central Priority Crime Team, welcomed the sentences imposed.
DC Wynne said: “Drug dealing is a blight to our local communities and directly affects those who live and work in the area.
“This type of offending causes misery to families, involves the exploitation of vulnerable people, and is often a catalyst for other criminal offences.
“Criminals who are involved in organised crime have no thought for anyone other than themselves.
“Our team will continue to make it a hostile environment for those who engage in organised criminality and bring offenders to justice.”
