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Dec 2023
A heroin and crack-cocaine dealer from Harrogate has been jailed for over three years.
Scott Bradley, 36, was arrested after patrol officers in Harrogate town centre came across a group of suspicious-looking men, York Crown Court heard.
The group were “huddled” around Bradley in Bower Street in what appeared to be a drug deal, said prosecutor Jemima Stephenson.
Bradley appeared to discard a plastic bag into the hedgerow behind him. He was quickly arrested and searched.
Extra police units were called in after one of the men in the “huddle” walked up to police to try to distract them.
Police seized a tin of white powder from Bradley who claimed it was bicarbonate of soda. They also seized two mobile phones, one of which was “constantly ringing”, some tablets, two sets of weighing scales and £180 cash.
Police searched the vicinity and found a snap bag containing “multiple” wraps of white and brown powder which turned out to be heroin and cocaine.
Bradley refused to reveal his address so his home couldn’t be searched. He was released under investigation following the drug bust on January 2 last year.
In January this year, police were called out to an address in Harrogate on an unrelated matter and Bradley answered the door. He was arrested again and found to be in possession of heroin.
On October 13, he was arrested again following a police response to another “unconnected” matter at a property in Harrogate.
Bradley became “twitchy” during the police search and tried to put his hand in his pocket, whereupon officers found some white rocks which turned out to be crack cocaine in a zip-sealed bag. They also found three wraps containing illicit substances and some weighing scales.
Bradley was jailed for three-and-a-half years.
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