A BUST up at a residential home involving a drug dealer led police to find his extensive stash of class A drugs and thousands of pounds in cash.

Police were called to the address of Oliver Hughes on March 13 after reports of ‘intruders in a flat’.

Ms Bargn, prosecuting, said: “A resident in a neighbouring property said there had been banging all day.”

She told the court that police arrived at the scene to find a male and female who were ‘incoherent’ and the defendant’s nose was bleeding.

There was cannabis and cocaine scattered around the flat and Hughes showed police further amounts of cocaine laid out in a dish on a table.

During a search of the property officers also found a pillowcase which held packages of cocaine along with a large amount of cash which came to the sum of £3,420 and three graft phones.

The court heard how messages were coming through relating to the sale of drugs and there was also a dealer debtor list with names and figures on of how much was owed.

Among the stash of drugs found were 120 bags of cocaine made into 0.5 deals, 42 bags made up of tenth deals and two bags of 2.1 deals.

The drugs amounted to the estimated value of between £7,800 - £16,140.

Police arrested the defendant on March 30, and he answered no comment to all questions.

Hughes, of Seabury Street, Latchford, faced charges of possession of cocaine with intent to supply and possession of criminal property.

He entered not guilty pleas, and a trial was meant to go ahead on Monday before a pre-trial review led to him entering a guilty plea for the charges.

Previous convictions include three court appearances for 14 offences including dangerous driving.

Defending, Ms Wilde said the defendant ‘clearly was a drug user’ and that there were ‘elements of pressure to deal’.

“He was training to be an engineer and had a promising football career,” she added.

Summarising, Honour Judge Trevor-Jones said: “There was a here a substantial amount of cocaine.

“There is no doubt that you became involved because of your own habit.”

He sentenced Hughes to three years and five months in prison.