A cocaine dealer was found to be stashing the drugs at his Wakefield home he shared with his partner and children.
Baljit Singh was arrested for an unrelated matter when police attended Sowood Avenue in Ossett in October of 2020, but then began to unearth suspicious items. They first found a mobile phone hidden under a mattress in a bedroom and then more than £4,000 in notes in a drawer in the living room. Eventually, they found almost 65 grammes of cocaine hidden in a shoebox in the under-stairs cupboard, prosecutor Rachel Webster told Leeds Crown Court.
The court was told that he had committed other, non drug-related offences since the drug bust. Mitigating, Jessica Strange said that Singh’s life had changed since that time, and was now employed on the railways. She said: “It’s quite a step forward for a man with his history. He has turned things around. At the age of 42, he has finally left his criminal lifestyle behind. It’s rare to see such progress.' But Judge Mushtaq Khokhar told Singh: “These offences are too serious to be suspended.
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