A drug dealer caught red-handed with 19 bags of cocaine has walked free from court.
Jake Mitchell was pulled over by police in North Shields and found to have £780 of narcotics and three mobile phones. He told police he had started dealing to support his family after losing his job as a result of covid.
Mitchell was buying blocks of cocaine from a supplier and cutting them down into £40 deals, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Now the 24-year-old, of Wallsend, has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply on March 11 last year.
