A man has been jailed for drugs supply offences after he was stopped-and-searched in Newcastle-under-Lyme last year. 

Gerhard Smith, aged 20, from Wednesfield in Wolverhampton, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Thursday (16 March) to 27 months behind bars. 

Smith had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs; crack cocaine and heroin, at an earlier hearing. 

Gerhard Smith has been sentenced to 27 months in prison (Staffordshire Police).

He was also been ordered to pay a surcharge of £190. 

The court heard how officers stopped Smith on London Road in Newcastle at around 1.15pm on 7 March 2022. 

Officers seized a mobile phone, cash and cling film, containing class A drugs. 

Smith was stopped on London Road, Newcastle, in March 2022 (Google).

A search of a property off Newcastle Road led to the discovery of additional class A drugs.

DC Philip Pegg, of the Northern Crime Support team at Staffordshire Police, said:" I'm happy that we've been able to take these harmful substances out of circulation and stop Smith profiting from the illegal distribution of class A drugs."

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