A DRUGS ring operating from an Orford home was busted by police and sniffer dogs after they went looking for a different man.

Baily Turner and Elliot Braithwaite, both 21, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

A third man, Anthony Dolan, of Arpley Street in the town centre, was also due to be sentenced but was too drunk to appear.

Mike Stevens, prosecuting, said: "Police officers called at a property on Festival Avenue in Orford at 9am on November 9.

"This is the address of Anthony Donlan and they were searching the property for another man.

"On entry they saw Elliott Braithwaite discarding something in the garden. They arrested him as they thought this was suspicious.

"Donlan was found upstairs in a drowsy state.

"A sniffer dog found wraps and cling film and Braithwaite said it was for personal use."

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Twenty packets of crack cocaine and 14 wraps of heroin were found in the property in addition to drugs paraphernalia.

The court was told £400 in cash belonging to Turner, from Manchester, was also discovered.

In police interviews, Turner said he had incurred drug debts and was selling drugs to pay it back.

He said he had been placed in the address on Festival Avenue by the person he owed the money to in order to deal cocaine and heroin.

The drugs were delivered in the morning and the cash collected in the evening.

Turner, from Manchester, pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

He is currently serving a 15-month prison sentence for breaching a suspended dangerous driving sentence. He was also found in possession of an offensive weapon and was jailed in June.

Daniel Gaskell, defending Turner, said: "He was bearing the burden of being exploited by others above him."

Martine Snowdon, defending Braithwaite, said: "Braithwaite is a friend and not involved in drug dealing.

"He admitted he had discarded of some drugs and lied to police about it being for personal use, they were not his drugs.

"He knew what was going on and would have helped as requested by Baily Turner. He made no financial gain on the day but is aware he was with others involved in a commercial operation."

Braithwaite, from Droylsden, pleaded guilty to being concerned in supply of but not guilty to possession with intent to supply.

Judge Andrew Menary QC told Braithwaite he had come 'perilously close to going to prison' and handed the 21-year-old a 16-month sentence suspended for 18 months, a 20-day rehabilitation activity and 200 hours of unpaid work.

A further 28 months was added to Turner's current prison sentence.