Jail for 'mass-marketing' drug dealer who was found with a machete

A ‘mass-marketing’ drug dealer found with a machete and hundreds of wraps in a Derbyshire town centre has been jailed.

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Brendon Holland was stopped by plain-clothed police officers on Oxford Street, Ripley, in June, who conducted a stop and search and found a collection of drugs and a weapon.

The 30-year-old, of no fixed address, was found to be holding 129 wraps of drugs, including 25 wraps of diamorphine and 104 wraps of cocaine mixed with phenacetin. Holland was also in possession of £60, a mobile phone, and a machete.