A teenage drug dealer who sold heroin and crack cocaine to undercover police officers, has been jailed for three years.

Shomwani Kondwani dealt drugs for about eight months before he was caught by officers working on Operation Mustang, part of the Atrium initiative cracking down on drug-related crime in Bristol.

Homeless Kondwani, aged 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying Class A drugs and two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.

Imposing the jail term, the recorder Mr Don Tait told him: "You became involved in the dirty business of others. It is a dirty business, it causes untold misery."

The recorder confiscated £365 recovered from Kondwani, said to be the proceeds of crime, and ordered that drugs recovered in the case be forfeited and destroyed.

Richard Posner, prosecuting, told Bristol Crown Court Kondwani was dealing drugs in the Stapleton Road area and after meeting undercover police, supplied them with £10 deals of heroin and crack cocaine.

Both deals were mixed with cutting agents, leaving 56 per cent pure heroin and 34 per cent pure cocaine, he said.

The court heard Kondwani was arrested in a barber shop and was found in possession of cannabis, two mobile phones and £365.

A strip search showed he also had 12 wraps of heroin and cocaine concealed on him, and he admitted selling and intending to sell heroin and cocaine.

David Maunder, defending, said his client had co-operated with police from day one.

He said: "This is the greatest, most salient lesson he's learned.

"He is a smart young man and he realises what an absolute fool he's been.

"He genuinely wishes to turn this around and make this his last involvement with the criminal justice system."

Mr Maunder said his client had two very young daughters who he wished to be a positive role model for, and he had qualifications to work in the construction industry.

He also told the court Kondwani had shown promise as a footballer but for a knock back which halted that ambition.

He said: "He doesn't blame the offending on others or deflect responsibility."