"Coventry drug dealer hid cocaine in a Kinder Egg"

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A man stopped by police was found to have cocaine hidden in a Kinder Egg in his pocket



Police stopped David McCarthy in his car and discovered that he had more than £8,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in the car and at his home.

McCarthy was jailed for three-and-a-half years after a judge at Warwick Crown Court rejected a plea for him to keep his liberty for the sake of his son.

McCarthy, 42, of Norfolk Street, Coventry, had pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply them, after previously denying the charges.

Prosecutor Tom Walkling said that in August 2019 the police stopped McCarthy as he was driving in Coventry city centre and searched him and the car.

In his pockets he had £445 in cash and a Kinder Egg containing ten wraps of cocaine, while four larger bags of cocaine were found in the driver’s door pocket.

He was arrested, and officers then searched his home where they found further bags of cocaine, a plastic container of cannabis and two small cannabis plants.

They also found a further unspecified quantity of cash and a number of small plastic bags of a type commonly used by drug dealers, said Mr Walkling.

In total, the cocaine seized by the police had a street value of £4,340 and the cannabis was worth £4,430 in street deals, while the cannabis plants, when mature, could have provided a crop worth up to £1,600.

McCarthy, who had previous convictions for offences including possessing cocaine, was subject to a community order at the time, Mr Walkling added.

Jailing McCarthy, Recorder John Steel told him: “The age of the offences I have regard to, together with the fact that you have a troubled background and mental health difficulties.

“But this is clearly a significant role that you played, given your operational role in this.

“Having regard to all the factors in this case, there must be a sentence of immediate custody.”

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the police stopped McCarthy as he was driving in Coventry city centre and searched him and the car

What, they just happened to stop and search that particular car?