Teenage drug dealer caught by neighbourhood officers

A teenage boy who claimed he had found class A drugs and just “wanted to sell them” has been sentenced.

Officers from the Huntingdon Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) were on patrol in the Oxmoor area on 9 April in response to concerns about drug dealing in the area.

They witnessed 18-year-old Irmantas Gespautas engaging with two known drug users and, suspecting a deal had taken place, they approached Gespautas who suddenly ran upon seeing the officers.

The team searched the area and found Gespautas in The Whaddons and detained him for a stop-search.

When he was asked if he had any drugs on him, he replied “yes I have drugs, I found them and I wanted to sell them”.

The search uncovered nine wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, resulting in his arrest for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, which he was later charged with.

Gespautas, of no fixed address, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday (5 June) where he was sentenced to a year in a Young Offenders Institution (YOI) after previously admitting the offence.

PC James Sims, from the Huntingdon NPT, said: “Tackling drug dealing continues to be a priority across the force because of the associated violence, theft and misery it brings to our communities.

“We are working hard to disrupt drug dealing in Huntingdonshire but information from the public can greatly assist with this.”

Anyone with concerns or information about drugs can report to police online via the dedicated drugs information webpage.