Man jailed after warrant uncovers more than £20,000-worth of drugs

A man has been jailed after we found an estimated £20,000-worth of monkey dust and cannabis inside a house in Stoke-on-Trent.

Corey Gilchrist, 31, of Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for 16-months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday (15 November) after he admitted three counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class B at an earlier hearing.

We arrested Gilchrist on 21 March this year after spotting him near a home we were about to search on Lansdowne Road in Hartshill.

Officers found a large quantity of monkey dust and cannabis that had been sorted into different bags inside the address, as well as £1,180 in cash and scales.

The estimated street value of the cannabis was believed to be worth up to £19,880. The monkey dust was believed to be worth around £400 to £1,860.

Gilchrist was then charged with the offences and taken to court.

We’ve got a number of dedicated proactive teams across Staffordshire working hard every day to compile intelligence and carry out enforcement like this against those involved in serious and organised crime in our communities.

Since we launched our crackdown in May last year, we’ve arrested more than 1,000 people suspected of drug and weapon offences and have been continuing to act against those involved in high-harm crimes across the county.