Teenage drug dealer found with £12,000 worth of amphetamines to pay back £8,000
Teenage drug dealer found with £12,000 worth of amphetamines to pay back £8,000
Joseph Tucker, 19, was raided by police at his home and was also found in possession of 27g of cannabis, £2,000 in cash and a fake Rolex watch
Joseph Tucker, 19, was found in possession of up to £12,000 worth of amphetamine when police raided his Newport home
(Image: Gwent Police )
A teenage drug dealer who was found in possession of up to £12,000 worth of amphetamine when police raided his home has been ordered to pay back £8,000. He was found to have benefited from the drug enterprise by £16,000.
Joseph Tucker, 19, was visited by police who conducted a search warrant at his home in Newport on September 20 last year. In the defendant's bedroom was a Nike shoulder bag which contained four bags of amphetamine which amounted to 1.2kg.
Police also found 27g of cannabis, £2,000 in cash and a fake Rolex watch. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter.
There was also a small amount of cocaine which the defendant claimed was for his own personal use.
The amphetamine had a street value between £6,000 and £12,000, and a wholesale value between £1,300 and £3,700.
The cash was discovered after Tucker threw it over a wall, hoping it wouldn't be discovered.
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Tucker, of Windsor Road, later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class B drugs, possession of class B drugs and possession of criminal property.
He had one previous conviction for possession with intent to supply amphetamine.
The wholesale value of the amphetamine involved in the two prosecutions was worth between £1,690 and £3,350.
The defendant was sentenced to 22 months detention in a young offenders' institute.
A Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday heard Tucker benefited to the tune of £16,639 as a result of his offending.
But the court heard he only has assets worth £7,950.
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Judge Shomon Khan ordered the defendant to pay that sum within 28 days.
If he fails to do this he will serve an additional four months imprisonment in default.
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