Master Fox Posted 22 February 2008 Posted 22 February 2008 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article711482.ece SHAMED Francis Cook has been convicted as Britain’s oldest drug dealer – aged 79. Cook – nicknamed Snowy – was jailed for five years after being nicked with more than 1kg of cocaine in his van. Police then searched his bungalow and found he had a drug stash worth more than £120,000. The grey-haired pusher, who made thousands of pounds to supplement his pension, had also been dealing amphetamines, cannabis and ecstasy. He broke the record of cannabis grower George Axton, of Fordingbridge, Hants, who was 70 when he was jailed for 18 months in 2006. Stash ... drugs included ecstasy Cook, of Fareham, Hants, had a string of drug trafficking offences stretching back to 1977, including importing £2million of cannabis in 1988, Portsmouth Crown Court heard. He had served 15 years in jail before his latest sentence. Judge Gareth Cowling told him: “It is a sad day when a judge has to sentence a man just short of his 80th birthday for drug trafficking. “You have been involved in the illegal drugs trade for many years and you have received long sentences but it does not stop you – even at your age.” When cops stopped Cook’s Ford van on the M27 they found the cocaine and £600 cash. At his home they discovered packets of drugs hidden in cupboards and a fridge. Another haul was found in a white Astra van parked outside his bungalow. He had more than £8,000 cash in his home. Cook said he had been a courier bringing drugs from London for other dealers for nine months, getting £600 a trip. His neighbours were stunned when they heard about his secret life. One said: “He was just a quiet and normal elderly man.” Another added: “His nickname round here is now Snowy – which seems fitting.”
Daggers Posted 22 February 2008 Posted 22 February 2008 That's my supply ****ed then What a shit day this is turning out to be.
Master Fox Posted 22 February 2008 Author Posted 22 February 2008 That's my supply ****ed then What a shit day this is turning out to be. Tell me about it.....
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