Man turned to dealing to pay off debt after spending £60 a day on drugs

THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS SPOTTED ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY BY EAGLE-EYED OFFICERS

- By MARK NAYLOR

A COCAINE user turned to street dealing after spending £60 a day on drugs at the “height” of his addiction and quickly building up a big £900 debt.

Eagle-eyed police spotted Ronnie Harrison involved in two suspicious-looking exchanges with users near his home and a search of the house later revealed a zombie knife stashed behind a sofa.

He claimed that he did not actually handle the drugs himself but acted as a go-between by collecting the cash for sales, Hull Crown Court heard.

Harrison, 22, of 38th Avenue, north Hull, admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine on September 27.

Benjamin Donnell, prosecuting, said that plainclothes police spotted Harrison involved in apparent drug exchanges with two people.

On each occasion, he left his home and met a drug user before returning to the house.

Police tried to detain him but they could not do so because he had gone back into his home.