‘It sends a clear message to criminals across Greater Manchester’
Callum Johnson(Image: Greater Manchester Police (GMP))
A drug pusher was found with ‘golf ball’ sized wraps of crack cocaine in his house.
Officers investigating an unrelated matter raided Callum Johnson’s home in Oldham in March this year
When they arrived, 19-year-old Johnson was ‘unaware’ and was asleep in bed, Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
During a search, they found a shoebox under the bed which had £1,500 in cash, cannabis and weighing scales inside.
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They also uncovered a separate plastic bag containing’ golf ball-sized rocks of white powder’ which it was later confirmed was crack cocaine.
Each rock could have produced 20 to 30 wraps of crack, GMP said.
Whilst, a mobile phone they seized linked him to a drugs line known as ‘the Turbo line.’
Johnson was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court(Image: MEN Media)
It had sent ‘flare’ messages advertising drugs for sale ‘on a daily basis’ they added.
Johnson, of Vulcan Street, Derker, was charged and pleaded guillty at an earlier hearing to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
He was today (Friday, August 1) jailed for 21 months by a judge at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court.
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Detective Constable Michelle Lomax, from GMP’s Organised Crime Unit, said: “This case highlights the vigilance and professionalism of our officers who uncovered a dangerous cache of drugs, cash and a weapon while executing an arrest for an unrelated crime.
“It sends a clear message to criminal across Greater Manchester: no matter how much time has passed, we will relentlessly pursue all those involved in criminal activity until they are brought to justice.
“GMP remains committed to protecting our communities and will continue to target those who seek to profit from drug crime. We urge anyone with information about criminal activity.”