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UK: Pupil, 17, on drug dealer charges

Hertfordshire Mercury

Friday 10 Mar 2006

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A HERTFORD schoolboy has been charged with drug dealing after police
allegedly caught him with a KILO of cannabis.

Tests are being carried out to see whether 136 white tablets, two bags
of white powder and 9.5g of "white rocks" found during searches of the
17-year-old and his home are class A drugs.

The street value of the 1.113kg (2lb 7oz) of cannabis is £2,400 to £3,600.

Plastic bags with traces of white powder, scales, cannabis-flavoured
rolling paper, three mobile phones and £542 cash were also discovered.

The youth has been banned from accessing a Woolwich bank account in his
name containing £1,500.

The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been withdrawn
from his school.

He was arrested at Bircherley Green bus station on Saturday and held in
custody before appearing on Monday at Hertford Magistrates' Court.

The case was referred to Hertford Youth Court the following day, when
the youth pleaded not guilty to three counts of possessing a class C
drug with intent to supply and one charge under proceeds of crime laws.

If found guilty of the cannabis charges, he faces at least two years in
prison. Class A drug dealers face a maximum jail term of life.

The youth's parents, who were in court, put up £3,000 surety for bail.
He was released and ordered to return to court on May 2 for a committal
hearing. A Crown court trial will follow.

A curfew bans the youth from leaving his address between 9pm and 6am. He
was fitted with an electronic tag to record his movements.

 

 

 

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