A salesman was caught red handed by police selling balloons full of nitrous oxide. Ansil Mahmood was spotted in King Street by plain-clothes police officers and arrested.
Today, Mahmood, of Belle Vue Road in Easton, pleaded guilty to possessing a psychoactive substance with intent to supply in November last year. He appeared before Bristol Crown Court for sentence.
Judge Edward Burgess KC handed the 46-year-old a 12-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months. He told Mahmood: "You have a long record before the court, I hope I don't have to see you again."