Chesterfield drug dealer spared prison after cannabis found during police raid on his flat

Police found 18 £20 deal bags at the home of Adam Moorcroft when they raided his home in Darley Close, Staveley, Chesterfield, along with drug paraphernalia, Derby Crown heard on Thursday, February 4.

When they seized the 21-year-old’s phone they retrieved messages and photographs, providing evidence of wide scale dealing of the drug, to individuals as well as to other dealers.

Photographs of bagged drugs for sale, taken from inside Moorcroft’s address, were retrieved from the phone, along with another showing the defendant brandishing a large sum of cash.

Prosecuting, Barnaby Shaw told the court that Moorcroft’s offending took place between September 2018 and March 2019.

He said: “There were photos of him holding up considerable sums of cash, which can infer to him selling drugs, and there were photos of bagged cannabis for sale that were taken in his flat.

“It is clear that he was selling cannabis, not just to individuals, but to other dealers to sell on.”

Moorcroft had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a Class B drug shortly before he was due to go to trial, and he was told he must pay £500 towards the cost of the prosecution.

Mitigating, Benn Robinson said that the defendant was unable to work having recently been diagnosed with a rare heart condition.

Judge Robert Egbuna sentenced Moorcroft to 15 months in prison, but suspended it for two years.

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