A cannabis dealer was found with a "tick list" and over £1,600 in cash after police pulled a car over in Northumberland.
Richard Carr was the passenger in an Audi being driven by another person when officers pulled them over in Seaton Delaval on March 1 2020. When stopped, Carr gave officers a different surname and was found in possession of a "tick list" of drug orders. The 25-year-old's home was later searched, and £1,610 in cash was found.
Carr, of Kentmere Close, Cramlington, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on Thursday to be sentenced for supplying a class B drug. He was convicted of the offence following at trial at a lower magistrates' court.
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John Crawford, prosecuting, said police were patrolling around the Seaton Delaval area in an unmarked car when they passed an Audi which was being driven by a man who was using a phone. Carr was a passenger in the car at the time.
Mr Crawford said: "The defendant gave a different name and he was searched. He had no drugs or money on him." Mr Crawford said during the search, Carr was found in possession of a "tick list of drug orders" which also included a small number of names. He also made reference to £1,800 being stored in his home upstairs and 4g of cannabis near a back door. However, when officers searched his home, no cannabis was found but £1,610 in cash was. Carr's phone was also seized and messages relating to "drug dealing at street level" were found.
Susan Hirst, defending, said Carr's messages that were found were "extremely limited" and included "conversations with some friends". She said: "It is not street dealing in that sense. He obtained cannabis for friends when he's been obtaining it for himself. He didn't do it for exchange of money." Ms Hirst added that Carr gave the surname of his father when stopped, has a job and a child and was spending £50 a day for cannabis he used personally at the time.
Judge Adams said he was giving Carr full credit for his guilty plea and handed him a 12 month community order and 10 rehabilitation days. He must also carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.
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