A COCAINE drug dealer who hid Class A drugs in Kinder Surprise eggs and who was caught in Worcester has been given a lengthy jail sentence.
Andrew Poulton-Smith was initially arrested and charged after police discovered a large quantity of suspected Class A drugs, worth thousands of pounds, in a white Audi A5 in a car park off Tybridge Street.
The court heard the discovery was made in the Worcester car park on September 15 this year.
The drugs were recovered from a bumbag with some concealed inside Kinder eggs.
The 22-year-old had previously admitted possession of a controlled drug of Class A (diamorphine) with intent to supply and admitting Class A (crack cocaine) also with intent to supply.
Poulton-Smith, of Woden Road East, Wednesbury, also previously admitted breaching a suspended jail sentence.
That was given to him on April 26, 2021; two months jail suspended for 18 months for possession of a bladed article.
At an earlier hearing Poulton-Smith had been warned by Judge Nicolas Cartwright there was a risk the suspended sentence would be activated.
Judge Martin Jackson gave Poulton-Smith three years in jail for the drug offences and activated the suspending sentence, with a total sentence handed to him of three years and two months.
After the drugs were seized DI Dave Knight, of South Worcestershire Proactive CID, told us he believed it would send a clear message to any dealers thinking of plying their trade on the streets of Worcester.
He said: "It's a really successful operation involving a number of policing departments led by South Worcestershire Proactve CID.
"It's a really significant amount of drugs that have been taken off the streets.
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“It sends a clear message to any would-be dealers that West Mercia Police will do all we can to identify them and arrest them. This will inevitably see them serving significant sentences in prison."
West Mercia Police rely upon information from the public to tackle drug dealing.
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DI Knight said: "Anybody with any information about suspected drug dealing can call West Mercia Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
In the event of an emergency call 999.
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