Drug dealer from Northampton given two-year sentence in young offenders' institution
Michael O’Neil, aged 20, of Orchard Green, Northampton, was caught with 39 wraps of cocaine and 60 wraps of heroin after police carried out a drugs raid on June 12 last year.
Northampton Crown Court heard the five grams of cocaine and four grams of heroin were concealed in an ankle band on O’Neil’s trousers.
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Hide AdHis Honour Judge Timothy Smith, sentencing, said class A drug dealing was an “evil trade” that caused misery.
O’Neil was sentenced to 28 months detention in a young offenders institution. He is likely to serve half before being released on licence.