The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A man now living in Gedney Hill has been jailed after officers found £20,000 worth of drugs including cannabis grown in a wardrobe at his previous home.
Cambridgeshire Police officers found cannabis being grown in a wardrobe after raiding a property Callum Horsley owned in Benland, Bretton in May 2021 as part of a week of action under Operation Spotlight – a partnership initiative to tackle drug issues across Peterborough.
Horsley, 27, wasn’t initially at the property, however officers seized cocaine and cannabis worth up to about £20,000 and arrested him after he returned to the property while officers were still there.
He later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs and production of class B.
Horsley was sentenced to three years in prison at Peterborough Crown Court last Wednesday (April 12).
Operation Spotlight was launched by the Safer Peterborough Partnership back in 2019 to reduce the impact drugs have on our communities. This warrant was part of the second phase of activity, with the seventh week of action taking place across Peterborough next week (Monday, April 24).
Sergeant Jess Didio, who investigated, said: “This was some great proactive work as part of Op Spotlight. Drugs cause a huge amount of harm to communities so we will not let up in our campaign to target these criminals and disrupt their trade.
“Much of our work is based on intelligence built up by our own officers but also from members of the local community, therefore I urge anyone who has information about the supply of drugs to report it.”
