A cannabis dealer who boasted of his “dynamite” product in round-robin texts to his customers is in prison today.
Nathan Luke Husband advertised in his messages of “dynamite super silver, best around”, “proper pukka blues” and “hard tight nuggets, best had in ages, unreal!”.
His operation was exposed when a patrol police officer spotted him walking towards two other men on Richardson Road, Stockton.
Suspecting a drug deal was about to happen, the officer stopped Husband and found he had 2.39g of cannabis in five small bags.
Husband, 21, confessed “I have some more in the kitchen cupboard” when caught with the packages at about 7pm on May 21 last year.
He hung his head in the dock when Teesside Crown Court heard how police hauled 1.6kg of the Class B drug from his nearby home.
Bags of skunk cannabis including batches of 940g and 276g were discovered with £3,873 cash, scales and tick lists for “stock-taking”.
Prosecutor Paul Lee said the drugs found at the home on St Cuthbert’s Road had a total potential street value of £11,000 to £16,000.
Detectives believed Husband was “operating at a significant level in the drugs supply network”, dealing in half-ounces up to multiple ounces.
Husband, now of Prior Court, Billingham, admitted possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply. None of his previous 13 offences were for drugs.
Scott Taylor, defending, said Husband had never been to custody before and was “petrified” of the prospect.
He said: “He’s aware of the potential outcome of today’s hearing and he has prepared himself for that.
“There are certain suicidal thoughts passing through his mind.
“He’s aware that that’s of his own making, in relation to the offence itself, and how he’s leapt from relatively minor offending.
“He regards this as a shock to the system. Perhaps naively he didn’t realise how serious an offence he was getting himself involved in.
“What began as low level dealing just to fund his own habit just expanded from there.”
He said Husband was not an organiser making large financial gain.
The judge, Recorder Patrick Palmer, told Husband: “You were actively advertising the sale of good-quality cannabis as you boasted of this to your customer base.
“This wasn’t a one-off. You were actively and aggressively dealing in cannabis.
“You were engaged in a significant operation in supplying cannabis to others at a street level.
“There doesn’t seem to be any suggestion at all that you were under coercion or pressure to supply cannabis to others.”
He jailed Husband for a year.
The £3,923 seized cash was confiscated as Husband was ruled to have made £15,728 from crime.
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