A cocaine dealer has been jailed for four years by Deemster Doyle.
Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Kevin McCluskey, care of the prison, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply and possessing cannabis bush and resin.
He was arrested on July 23rd after police searched his room and found over ?1000 worth of cocaine and ?100 pounds worth of cannabis, along with over ?1500 in cash and a mobile phone.
John Moss reports: (audio attached, text below)
McCluskey denied he was dealing drugs and said he was minding the cocaine - which he thought was amphetamine - and was going to pass it on to someone else.
He said he was going to be paid ?150 for doing so.
His advocate said McCluskey had a long-standing problem with cannabis, which was now being addressed.
It was accepted he had an atrocious criminal record, including convictions for drugs offences, but now wished to change his lifestyle after becoming a father for the first time just 12 weeks ago.
Deemster Doyle told McCluskey he was getting significant credit for his guilty plea.
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