He tried to dedicate himself to selling drugs and the Police catch him on his first day

A man wanted to face his economic problems and entered the drug trafficking business to pay off debts from his cocaine use. However, he was caught by the police on his first day. His foray into the organized crime business did not bear fruit, but the courts took his record into account in determining the sentence for the crime. Now he will have to repay by working for the city without receiving a salary.

According to local media, Rudy Young, 35, is a licensed junk dealer, but after a breakup in his 16-year marriage, he turned to drugs. Cocaine was the preferred consumption. Little by little, his finances and his debts led him to make a bad decision: drug dealing.

On his first day selling them, on January 20, 2021, Rudy was arrested by the Blackpool Police, in Lancashire (England). The officers saw how a car stopped in the middle of an avenue and, later, a person approached the window. The suspicious behavior alerted police officers, who stopped the vehicle.

During searches of the car, officers found ziplock bags containing white powder, two mobile phones and £450 in cash, around $550. The suspect was arrested and brought before the authorities.

Claire Larton, a prosecutor at Preston Crown Court, said one of the phones had messages related to drug-dealing activity.

Rudy had no conviction history and only had two civil citations. The man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to sell drugs. However, he avoided jail time and instead received a two-year sentence with a two-year suspension, i.e. a cancellation of the jail term, for which he was given 150 hours of unpaid work.

“You are clearly a resourceful person because you set up your own business as a licensed scrap dealer. You’re in a relationship and you want to do well in the world,” judge Simon Medland told him.

The magistrate considered that the individual began to consume addictive and expensive substances. Unable to pay them and being caught in a vicious circle, his opportunity was to get in touch with “criminals who want you to do their job.”

“I’m sure you agree with my message that class A drugs destroy people’s lives. They destroy people’s health and well-being, they destroy people’s social stability, all those things that they’ve done to you,” he pointed out.

Source-larepublica.pe