Shropshire Star

£5,000 of drugs found in Shrewsbury house raid

More than £5,000 of drugs were found when police raised a Shrewsbury home they had first targeted eight months previously.

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Demi Jennings, 21, and a teenager were remanded in custody after the second drugs warrant issued in July.

On Tuesday they were given suspended sentences that allowed them to be released immediately although Jennings, who had been living at Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury went straight to the Willowdene Farm project where she will spent seven weeks on a residential programme.

Jennings admitted allowing premises to be used for the sale of drugs in November 2016 and the possession of cocaine with intend to supply and the possession of criminal property in July.

She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years with a seven-week stay at Willowdene.

The teenager, who can not be named for legal reasons, admitted two charges of possession of cannabis with intent to supply. He was given a suspended sentence, 100 hours of unpaid work and a three-month curfew.

Judge Jim Tindall said Willowdene was Jenning's last chance.

"It is an amazing place that does incredible work to turn people's lives around," he said.

The judge told both defendants he understood that they struggled with mental health problems but said using cannabis was not the answer.

"You got sucked into a work where other people were getting you to do their dirty work," he said.

Douglas Lloyd, prosecuting, said the police first carried out a warrant at the house in November 2016. Inside the house they found more cannabis, with a street value of £1,600. Both defendants were granted bail.

Officers returned to the house in July this year and found £2,230 of cocaine, £2,910 of cannabis and about £100 of the drug, MDMA. They also recovered drug paraphernalia and four mobile phones.

Stephen Scully for Jennings, said his client had got into a situation where cannabis was ruling her life and she turned to supplying cocaine to pay for the habit.

He said she had only been dealing to a small circle of friends.

For the juvenile Mr Robert Edwards said his client was a vulnerable young man who was exceptionally easy to lead.

Judge Tindall said: "Taking drugs only amplifies those issues and you get dragged into a world which you should have no part of."