12:40pm Thursday 19th November 2009
A 26-YEAR-old Dudley man caught with over £5,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis when police raided a Netherton flat has been jailed for three and a half years.
Judge Nicholas Webb told Anthony Campbell, of Four Winds Road, Dudley, only a substantial prison sentence was appropriate for his crimes because he was involved in the commercial supply of controlled drugs on a large scale.
Mark Rees prosecuting said officers went to the flat in Arley Court where they found £2,400 worth of cocaine in a kitchen cupboard.
He told Wolverhampton Crown Court that £3,184 worth of cannabis was also recovered while 12 cannabis plants were being cultivated.
There was a heating and watering system for the plants and the electricity supply to the property had been bypassed to provide free power for the cultivation, said Mr Rees.
In a car the officers also found receipts for the hydroponic equipment together with a book entitled, "An inside guide for Marijuana growers."
Campbell admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply and also cultivating cannabis and he accepted prison was inevitable, said Richard Davenport defending.
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