Drug dealer jailed after being found with crack cocaine and knuckleduster in Cambridge - months after leaving prison

A drug dealer has been jailed for five years after being caught selling class A drugs just months after getting out of prison.

Tony Adams, 33, was spotted by police on 17 May as he drove a Honda Civic in East Road, Cambridge, and parked in The Grafton centre.

They stopped and searched him as he walked to a probation meeting, finding £985.20 in cash. He was arrested for possession of criminal property.

The officers found 56 wraps of cocaine and crack cocaine in the Civic, along with a knuckleduster, a set of scales, empty deal bags, three mobile phones and £225 in cash.

Adams, of New Road, Littleport, was sentenced last Thursday (15 August) at Cambridge Crown Court, after pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to possession with intent to supply cocaine and crack cocaine, possession of an offensive weapon in public, possessing criminal property, three counts of having no insurance and two counts of disqualified driving.

Adams was also banned from driving for five years and £1,235.20 of cash was forfeited, which was donated to The Light Project, Peterborough.

Det Con Charmaine Wood said: “Adams was only released from prison in January and clearly hadn’t learnt his lesson from his previous stays in custody.

“Drugs ruin the lives of everyone who comes into contact with them, so I am glad he is behind bars and away from the community where he causes so much harm.”

You can report drug dealing in your area through the force website.