A drug dealer who tried to stash up to 200 bags of heroin and crack cocaine down his underpants has been jailed.
Tyrell Campbell, of Manchester, was found with a large package filled with individually wrapped Class A drugs that was hidden in his pants.
Officers made the shocking discovery while searching the 25-year-old at Mansfield Police Station, having already arrested him for a separate drug offence.
Two large lunchboxes and a container filled with a mix of crack cocaine and heroin, as well as a large machete and several other bladed weapons, were then seized by police at a property linked to Campbell.
On 18 February 2021, Campbell was first seen exchanging an unknown item with another person at a skate park in Ravensdale, Mansfield, following reports of alleged drug dealing in the area.
After being followed by officers later the same day, he was then stopped while in a taxi in Barringer Road, Mansfield, and was arrested on suspicion of supplying Class B drugs after he was found with a bag of cannabis in his possession.
Between 150 to 200 individually wrapped packages filled with crack cocaine and heroin were discovered hidden in his pants after officers carried out a full search at Mansfield Police Station.
More quantities of the Class A drugs, as well as weapons, cash, weighing scales and mobile phones were all then seized by police from a property in Almond Rise, Forest Town, with Campbell admitting that all the items recovered were his and that he was a ‘one man drug dealer’.
Appearing before Nottingham Crown Court on 28 January, Campbell was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
Detective Sergeant David Prest, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “I hope this case will send out a strong message to others that this type of behaviour will be punished.
“Drugs cause irreparable damage to everyone they touch and can ruin lives, which is why our officers continue to work so tirelessly to intercept these dangerous substances before they can reach their targets and cause harm.
“We will never tolerate those who make their living from selling drugs and will continue with our efforts to make their lives as difficult as possible by taking them off our streets and putting offenders behind bars.”
