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Bridgeburner
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CANNABIS SMELL WAS CLUE TO CATCH DEALER
#7963220 - 02/01/08 01:51 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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A drug dealer who was caught in the street because he smelled strongly of cannabis has been jailed for 12 months.
Ryan Galbraith, aged 22, was stopped by officers leaving a house they were watching, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
He was found to be carrying £240 in cash. Officers then searched Galbraith's home and found 47 one-eighth-ounce packets of cannabis resin and 14 other packets of the drug. The haul was estimated to be worth £610.
Galbraith, of Union Street, admitted two counts of possessing a Class C drug with intent to supply, and another chrage of possessing criminal property.
His barrister Llewellyn Sellick said Galbraith had "stupidly got involved in dealing drugs".
Judge Francis Gilbert, jailing him for 12 months, said: "I am sure it was not stupid; it was criminal. This is such a serious offence an immediate custodial sentence is necessary."
Paul Bitmead, prosecuting, said that police were watching a house "known to them" in Bayswater Road off North Road West on February 7 last year.
Galbraith left the house and officers noticed that he "smelled strongly" of cannabis.
The court heard that the £240 was criminal property acquired from the sale of drugs.
Mr Sellick said Galbraith, who had been on bail, had stayed out of trouble for a year.
Judge Gilbert, having read a pre-sentence report, said Galbraith had told a probation officer that he had been dealing drugs for four weeks for financial gain. The drugs will be destroyed.
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Re: CANNABIS SMELL WAS CLUE TO CATCH DEALER [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7963431 - 02/01/08 04:59 AM (16 years, 22 hours ago) |
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and what harm was he doing? why are we locking him up? is there a single person within 1000 miles from him that hates him enough to want to put him in jail? ok yes he sold drugs. but i bet its only to those people that already wanted it.
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Ego Death
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Re: CANNABIS SMELL WAS CLUE TO CATCH DEALER [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7963472 - 02/01/08 05:23 AM (16 years, 22 hours ago) |
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A foaf got caught the with the same amount in his naughty days and just got community service.
He must of had loads of previous offenses as well.
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Re: CANNABIS SMELL WAS CLUE TO CATCH DEALER [Re: Ego Death]
#7963479 - 02/01/08 05:30 AM (16 years, 21 hours ago) |
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> caught in the street because he smelled strongly of cannabis
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> stopped by officers leaving a house they were watching
Somehow, I suspect that leaving a house they were watching had more to do with him getting caught than smelling strongly of cannabis.
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