Man jailed after £20k worth of drugs found in Stoke-on-Trent

By Sarah Garner 19th Nov 2024

Gilchrist was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday 15 November (Nub News).
Gilchrist was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday 15 November (Nub News).

A man has been jailed after police found an estimated £20,000 worth of monkey dust and cannabis inside a house in Stoke-on-Trent.

Corey Gilchrist, 31, from Hartshill, was jailed for 16 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 15 November after he admitted three counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class B at an earlier hearing.

Gilchrist was arrested in March this year after police spotted him near a home they were about to search on Lansdowne Road in Hartshill.

Gilchrist, 31, from Hartshill, has been jailed for 16 months (Staffordshire Police).

Officers found a large quantity of monkey dust and cannabis that had been sorted into different bags inside the address, as well as £1,180 in cash and scales.

The estimated street value of the cannabis was believed to be worth up to £19,880. The monkey dust was believed to be worth around £400 to £1,860.

Gilchrist was then charged with the offences and taken to court.

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