11/11/2007 00:00:00
UK: Cannabis deals found in teapot
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A DAD OF four was jailed for nine months yesterday after some of his
cannabis drug deals were found in a teapot.
Dewi Roberts started dealing cannabis to friends so he could pay back a
debt over a car.
But he was caught after officers found some of his deals in the teapot
and in the fridge at the family home.
Judge John Rogers QC, at Mold Crown Court, told Roberts, 28, of Bryn
Rhosyn in St Asaph, that he had decided to deal in cannabis in order to
get out of financial difficulties.
“The amount of cannabis is relatively small. However, anyone who deals
in cannabis for their own financial gain is bound to face a prison
sentence,” the judge said.
He took into account his guilty plea and co-operation with the police
and that he was a responsible father, with a good work record.
Roberts admitted two charges of possessing cannabis with intent to
supply, and two charges of actual supply, based on his admissions to the
police.
Brett Williamson, prosecuting, said on May 4 police executed a search
warrant at the home of the defendant, who was regarded as a low level
supplier of cannabis.
In total, police found 173.7 grammes of cannabis resin with a potential
street value of £500.
Some of the cannabis wraps were in the teapot and there was further
cannabis in the fridge.
Interviewed, he admitted he had been supplying cannabis and also
intended to supply the wraps seized by the police.
He had been living in St Asaph since he was nine, was unemployed, and
had a wife and four children aged between four and 16, and told how a
nine ounce bar had been “laid on him” by someone from Rhyl.
The defendant said he had originally sold some cannabis to friends to
cover his own use of the drug.
But then when he lost his job his car was repossessed and wanted to sell
the drug to cover that debt.
Defending barrister Simon Rogers said Roberts and his wife had their own
child. He treated her three other children as his own, and was heavily
involved in their care.
The defendant was a responsible person who had previously worked as a
security guard.
It was during that period of employment he took out a car loan.
The car was repossessed, he was left with the loan repayment, and was
hoping to cover some of that debt by selling drugs to friends who were
already cannabis users.
It was clear custody would have a great impact on the family and Mr
Rogers asked if the sentence could be suspended.
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