A drug dealer flushed his stash of crack cocaine down the toilet when police raided a Nottingham home.
After they arrested wanted man Isaiah Llewellyn on 11 December 2024 officers noticed the sleeves of his jumper were soaking wet.
They found the toilet of the terraced house, in Rosetta Road, New Basford, was blocked and were able to retrieve a package of drugs from a manhole outside.
Llewellyn was already under investigation for drug dealing and he has now been jailed for a total of six years following a sentencing hearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (20 August).
The 27-year-old, of Rosetta Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession with intent to supply heroin, possession with intent to supply cannabis and possession of criminal property,
Martina Buckley, aged 31, of no fixed address, who was also arrested at Rosetta Road, was searched and further drugs were found secreted on her person.
She was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, after admitting one count of possession with intent to supply heroin.
Llewellyn was further sentenced for offences dating back to 13 May 2023 when he was also a wanted man following unrelated incidents.
Operational support officers spotted him in a Vauxhall Corsa in the Top Valley area and followed the vehicle before performing a tactical stop and boxing him in.
He fled and ran across a roundabout and into an underpass but was detained by officers.
Hundreds of pounds of cash and cannabis were found in his pockets and wraps of Class A drugs were discovered dumped nearby in the underpass.
Police Constable Jack Shephard, of Nottinghamshire Police’s County Lines team, said:
“A collaborative investigation involving multiple teams over two years showed Llewellyn was a persistent drug dealer who was very brazen in his offending.
“The officers from the knife crime team who searched the property in New Basford did a great job in spotting what Llewellyn had been up to and uncovering his attempts to flush his stash away.
“Class A drugs continue to ruin lives in our communities but we know arrests, charges and sentences like these help to disrupt this illegal trade.”
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