A drug dealer has been jailed after police found a gun, a taser and other illegal weapons hidden in his home.
Travis Morgan, aged 27, was spotted conducting a drug deal in an alleyway by keen eyed officers and arrested as he tried to run away.
Numerous wraps of heroin and crack cocaine were found in his possession, along with three mobile phones and a quantity of cash.
Despite Morgan’s claims that he was homeless at the time of this arrest on 14 September 2021, he was also found to be in possession of a key to a property he’d been staying at.
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Officers later carried out a search of the house in Carlton, where they found more drugs, cash and dealing paraphernalia.
They also found telescopic baton, a TASER device and CS Spray.
Things went from bad to worse for Morgan when they found a handgun and ammunition hidden inside a bum bag.
He later pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing drugs with intent to supply, one count of possessing a firearm, possessing ammunition without a certificate, and two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon.
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He also pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying illegal drugs and another of possessing a controlled drug.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday 23 September, Morgan, of no fixed address, was jailed for eight years and three months.
Detective Sergeant Emma Pollard, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a great bit of police work by members of Knife Crime Team who were in the right place at the right time to spot Morgan conducting a drug deal.
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“Like many career criminals, he was clearly prepared to use violence in his day-to-day business and had amassed an array of illegal weapons for this purpose.
“Unfortunately for him he literally invited the police to his door and is now beginning a very richly deserved jail sentence.”
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