A cocaine dealer from Shrewsbury who was caught with 16 wraps of cocaine concealed in his body has avoided jail.
Rhain Allis-Smith, aged 29, was found to have hidden the drugs on his person when searched by police, having been pulled over while driving in Shrewsbury.
Both Allis-Smith and the woman were arrested and when at the police station, she told officers that he had passed her a set of scales for weighing out portions of drugs. Allis-Smith, of Drawwell Street, Belle Vue, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to supply cocaine. Recorder Jason MacAdam handed him a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years. He told Allis-Smith that he had read a pre-sentence report on him, and that he had made a"significant" effort to move away from a life of crime."Sentencing has to have three elements - to punish, to deter and to rehabilitate," Recorder MacAdam told Allis-Smith."You have had a lifetime of difficulty because of drugs. It doesn't help your mental health. It makes matters worse.
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