Drug dealer jailed after user died from an overdose

When the overdose death of a drug user led police to search a seaside flat they found narcotics with an estimated street value of around £80,000, a court was told.

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The occupant, Richard Lamont, appeared before a judge in Preston charged with possessing both cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply.

He pleaded guilty to the charges and was jailed for a total of four years.

Recorder Jeremy Lasker heard officers attended Lamont's address in Oxcliffe Road, Morecambe in May this year on an "unrelated matter".