A Swanscombe man who targeted a music festival at a zoo to push drugs has now found himself behind bars.

Bungling Perry Thomson went from tent to tent offering ecstasy at the three-day Ibiza-themed Zoo Project Festival at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park.

But the 21-year-old did not realise the people he was offering the class A drugs to were undercover security officials.

They had been brought in after the previous year's festival at the park, near Hythe, had resulted in the death of two swans when drugs were thrown to them.

Now Thomson, of Leonard Avenue, has been jailed for three years and four months after admitting three drugs offences.

Prosecutor Bridget Todd told Canterbury Crown Court the 600-acre zoo staged the three-day music event last September, when 5,000 youngsters turned up.

Thomson was spotted going from tent to tent on the campsite offering drugs – and the plain-clothed security men just waited until he approached them.

Thomson said: "Hi guys, how are you doing? Are you having a good time? Do you want to buy any pills or MDMA?"

It was then that the drugs pusher was "shocked" when told they were security officials and was then detained until police officers arrived.

In his pockets were 15 wraps and 94 tablets of MDMA with a street value of up to £1,000 and more than £400 cash in his pocket.

Lawyer Timothy Greaves said Thomson was a drug addict who had run up a £700 debt to dealers and agreed to sell the drugs to pay it off.

"His friends give him drugs and as a result he attracted significant debts which he then struggles to pay off.

"That was why he went to this music festival and was directed by others to sell the drugs. He now realises that he acted very foolishly but he was someone who, at that time, just couldn't say no."

He said he was under pressure to sell MDMA because of his debt, but Judge James O’Mahony told him: "If you swim in dirty water, you come across some very nasty fish, indeed".

Mr Greaves said Thomson was "clearly not the brains behind the drugs operation and not a practised drugs dealer, which is clear from the fact he approached two security officers and made a blatant offer, which was in no way disguised whatsoever".

Judge James O'Mahony said: "There would have been a lot of young people there at this event who would have been vulnerable. And there you were doing business selling MDMA.

"I think you know in your heart of hearts there can only be a sentence... that of immediate imprisonment."