A cocaine dealer used a fake electric socket to hide drugs in the wall of his Newcastle home.
When police searched Aaron Evans’s address in Scotswood, they found a tub of white powder, which was cocaine, cash, drugs paraphernalia and weighing scales. A court heard that officers also discovered that one of the electrical sockets on the 34-year-old’s wall wasn’t real and was being used to hide a void behind it, where more drugs were being concealed.
Evans was arrested and an investigation was launched into his finances, which found that he had an “unexplained” income of more than £69,000 over two years. Evans, of Armstrong Road, in Scotswood, Newcastle, is now facing more than four years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to concealing criminal property and possession with intent to supply a class A drug.
Ruth Forster, prosecuting at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court, said police searched Evans’s address on April 9 2022. Mrs Forster continued: “During the search, a quantity of cash was located in the main bedroom, as well as a tub of white powder, suspected to be cocaine.
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“A power socket was also found to be fake and concealed a void in the wall, which contained a bag of white powder, also suspected to be cocaine. Further searches were conducted and and a quantity of cash, drugs paraphernalia, including weighing scales, and a mobile phone were seized.
“A financial investigation was undertaken in relation to the defendant’s bank account and there was an unexplained income of £69,155.80.” The court heard that the money was deposited into Evans’s account between January 2020 and May 2022.
Mrs Forster said the starting point for dealing class A drugs was four years in prison, so Evans should be sent to the crown court for sentence. Jack Lovell, defending, agreed.
Magistrates committed Evans to Newcastle Crown Court and released him on unconditional bail to next appear there on February 12.