A man found with cannabis in a cake tin at his home has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Leeds Crown Court heard after keeping observations in the Fartown area of Huddersfield on April 11, 2014 police decided to search an address where Isaac Smith was then living in Corby Street.
In addition to the cannabis found in the cake tin in the kitchen they also seized some money inside an old mobile phone box.
Jonathan Sharp prosecuting said officers then went into the cellar where they discovered another 282 wraps of cannabis inside two garden trugs.
The cannabis weighing a total of 647 grammes was estimated to be worth £5,000-£6,000. Mr Sharp said it was accepted Smith was running a small scale retail operation for himself and he said he was holding the rest of the drug for someone else.
Smith, 23 of Hawthorn Terrace, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, admitted possession with intent to supply and was given 21 months in prison suspended for two years. He was also ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
Judge Tom Bayliss QC said from the drugs found and messages on his phone he was operating his own small retail operation as a street dealer but was also trusted to look after a much larger amount.
“I am not suggesting that was going to be sold by you, but you were plainly part of a larger operation, and must have been aware to some extent of the scale of that operation.”
But he said he accepted Smith was of previous good character, that he was only 21 at the time and had pleaded guilty even though it was “at the eleventh hour” so it was just possible to suspend the sentence.
