A York drug dealer has been jailed for four years for peddling cannabis and cocaine after police raided his home three times in the space of six months.
Connor Harrison’s home in Foxwood was repeatedly raided between January and August 2020, but he was bailed each time following his arrest after refusing to answer police questions, York Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Brooke Morrison said that in each of the raids, officers found an array of dealer wraps and digital weighing scales, and during the first search they found a machete in Harrison’s bedroom.
“There have been three searches at his home in Foxwood and on each occasion he was present in his bedroom,” she added.
During the first raid on January 22, 2020, police forced entry to his home. When Harrison was asked if he had any drugs inside the property, he replied: “Weed; I sell weed.”
On that occasion, officers found 81 “street-deal” wraps of cannabis in a safe in Harrison’s bedroom, along with £520 cash, two sets of digital scales, a machete and what appeared to be a debt or customer list containing “names and amounts”
They also found 40 wraps of cocaine and five watches including a Rolex, added Ms Morrison.
The second raid happened on February 25, when police forced Harrison’s door open and found two foil bags of cannabis, one wrap of cocaine, three mobile phones and £140 cash.
Again, Harrison, 24, was questioned and bailed after a ‘no-comment’ interview.
In the third raid in August 2020, officers found a pint glass stuffed with 18 cannabis wraps.
Over the three raids, police seized a total of 93g of cannabis and 14.3g of cocaine. The total cash seized was £670.
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Analysis of Harrison’s phones revealed incontrovertible evidence that he had been supplying cocaine and cannabis.
Harrison, of Doherty Walk, York, was ultimately charged with two counts of possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply and three counts of possessing a Class B drug with intent. He admitted all five offences and appeared for sentence yesterday (Thursday).
Neil Cutte, mitigating, said that according to Harrison, the machete was “nothing to do with drugs, something he simply had as a decorative item”.
He also claimed the Rolex watch was a fake rather than a high-value genuine item. Judge Simon Hickey jailed Harrison for four years. He will serve half of that sentence behind bars before being released on prison licence.