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Liverpool Echo
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Oliver Clay

Ketamine 'addict' worked for his dealer to help pay off drug debt

A ketamine “addict” ended up running Class A drugs and cash and managing a dealer to pay off a debt.

Lennon Stagg, 22, of Brereton Close, Castlefields, Runcorn, appeared for sentence at Chester Crown Court sitting in magistrates’ court on Thursday, April 27, having pleaded guilty to separate counts of possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine. He also admitted simple possession Class B ketamine

Gareth Roberts, prosecuting, said police had arrested Joanne Currie, 51, on February 20 after they saw her "handing over drugs in return for money", prompting them to search Currie’s flat. They found Stagg in the kitchen of the property, on Brereton Close, in addition to 54 knotted bags of crack worth £540 and 46 knotted bags of heroin worth £460, all prepared for "onward supply".

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