A drug dealer from Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, has been jailed for two and a half years after police found cocaine and cannabis worth £5k.

Adam Watkins, 20, was arrested after police stopped him in the Fenton area in May last year and seized two mobile phones. 

They found messages on the phones linked to drug supply in the area and searched his home in Fenton, where they found a number of jars, paper bags and tubs containing cannabis, worth £3,600. 

Adam Watkins was arrested last May when police seized his two mobile phones (Staffordshire Police).

Police also seized more than £900 in cash, a knife and a bag containing cocaine, worth £1,400 

He was charged and sent to court where he pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin, being concerned in the supply of cocaine, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A - cocaine, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class b - cannabis and acquire/use/possess criminal property. 

On Wednesday (15 May) at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, he was jailed for two years and six months.

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