The weirdest places people have tried to hide drugs in Cambridgeshire

Every day officers around our county work tirelessly to tackle the drug dealing problem in Cambridgeshire.

However thankfully for us we are lucky to have such an observant and dedicated police force when it comes to the growing issue that is drug dealing and smuggling.

In fact the officers’ very high track record for catching criminals has meant some people are attempting to get a little more creative about how they hide their drugs.

From inside children’s chocolates to birthdays gifts from mothers, here are the weirdest places people have tried to smuggle drugs in Cambridgeshire.

Mum’s gift of birthday cake and drugs intercepted by Royal Mail

Alongside a bag of drugs and cake was card saying ‘Enjoy! Love Mum’

Back in August of this year (2019), postmen and women at the Peterborough Royal Mail depot spotted a very usual package coming through their section.

Inside the odd parcel was a slightly squashed chocolate cake with sweets on top along with a card that contained a large bag of cannabis.

Incredibly the card read “Enjoy!!! Love Mum XX”.

The package was then handed over to police, who believe the cake may also have contained cannabis.

At the time of the incident a spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said: “We had a call from the Royal Mail depot on Tuesday, a PCSO went to collect the items this morning [August 23].

“We suspect there may be cannabis in the cake and it will be checked by a drug expert.”

Drug dealer tried to hide stash inside a Kinder Egg

Unfortunately the dealer didn’t hide his cocaine and heroin from police well enough, as he was caught and jailed.

Craig Stark, 35, was spotted engaging in a drug deal by officers on patrol in Huntingdon on August 3, 2018.

When the officers approached the group, Stark and two other men ran away, but they managed to detain Stark after a struggle.

The drug dealer was found with cocaine and heroin hidden in a Kinder Egg, and more drugs in his room at a B&B hostel, worth more than £600 altogether.

The dealer pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and was jailed for 26 months at Peterborough Crown Court on February 25.

A dealer attempted to hide cannabis inside a chewing gum container

A drug dealer who hid cannabis inside a chewing gum container was sentenced in Cambridge.

Police attended Darnell Jackson’s flat on February 5 after receiving reports of drug dealing at that address.

Jackson, 20, of Newmarket Road, Cambridge, ran for his bedroom when police arrived and attempted to close himself inside. However the officers followed and arrested him.

In total there was £1,260 worth of cannabis inside Jackson’s room.

Additionally his iPhone was littered with messages relating to drug deals, with some offering to supply cocaine.

Jackson was taken to Parkside Police Station to be interviewed and said he wanted the officers to know he had £230 inside his coat pocket, stating this was a birthday gift from his mother. In interview he gave no comment.

At Cambridge Crown Court on September 16 Jackson pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis. He was sentenced to a 12 month community order, 80 hours of unpaid work and 10 days of rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR).

Drug dealer who hid wraps in Tic Tac box

An off duty officer was on his lunch break at the Grafton Centre on October 26, 2017, when he spotted Peter Abolarin talking to a man and a woman he knew to be drug addicts.

Suspecting a drug deal was about to take place, the officer called for assistance before approaching Abolarin, who ran away.

The 22-year-old of South Street, Enfield, hid a Tic Tac box, with about 20 wraps inside, under the wheel arch of a car before stopping in John Street where he was detained.

Abolarin claimed the drugs were for his personal use but officers found further wraps and cash where he had been staying with his girlfriend in Newmarket Road.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply heroin and two counts of possession with intent to supply crack cocaine.

He was sentenced to two years and nine months on Monday (July 15) at Cambridge Crown Court.

Crafty dealer who stashed drugs in a secret compartments

Officers did not suspect him of any wrongdoings initially, however he went to great lengths to avoid police.

The crafty drug dealer who was caught with cocaine and heroin hidden inside secret pockets in his jeans has been jailed for more than two years.

35-year-old Igor Pereira, of no fixed abode, was doing his best to avoid police, but they soon caught up with him.

Officers from the Southern Impact Team began following a black Vauxhaull Corsa, in which he was a passenger, in the Castle Hill area of Cambridge on May 26.

The officers pulled the car over in Honey Hill but quickly realised that Pereira had already been dropped off and began to follow him.

Pereira ran and leapt over a fence into Castle Hill but was caught and arrested. When searched he was found with three wraps of crack cocaine, one wrap of heroin and more than £90 in cash.

Once taken to Parkside Police Station, a search of his clothes revealed secret compartments in his jeans, which were hiding a further 19 wraps of crack cocaine, six wraps of heroin and £26.20 in cash. In total the street value of the drugs was approximately £300.

Pereira was jailed at Peterborough Crown Court for 28 months after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a class A drug with intent to supply.

A Cambridgeshire mum smuggled drugs into prison in her bra for her son

The mum was jailed after sneaking drugs and a mobile phone into prison in her bra for her son when she was visiting him.

Helen Kyneston, 56, of Eastfields, Littleport, near Ely, was visiting her son in HMP Peterborough on January 2 when during the visit, she was spotted removing two cling film wraps from her bra and placing them into a packet of crisps.

Her son was searched after he returned to his cell, where he was discovered in possession of cannabis worth at least £300 and a miniature mobile phone worth at least £500 with a cable for charging it.

Kyneston was questioned the day after where she was discovered to be the supplier.

She appeared at Cambridge Crown Court and Judge Farrell sentenced her to 12 months in prison.

Dealer who kept drugs in a pillowcase

A drug dealer who kept crack cocaine and heroin in a pillowcase was spotted acting suspiciously by officers in an unmarked police car.

Isaac Opara, 35, was in a parked Ford Focus in St Bede’s Crescent, Cambridge, when officers approached on February 18 last year.

A search of the vehicle and a bag inside it revealed 51 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine. Officers then searched a property linked to Opara in Tweedale, Cambridge, where they found a further 178 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine in a pillowcase.

The 229 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine were estimated to be worth £2290.

Opara, of Anstey Way, Cambridge, admitted possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. At Peterborough Crown Court on July 15 he was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison.