Shirebrook man claimed cocaine found in drug bust was a sore tooth cure

Dylan Collins, aged 27, was found to be in possession of £35 worth of the class A drug when police searched his home.

They also uncovered weighing scales and a small amount of cannabis.

However, Becky Allsop, prosecuting at Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court, said Collins told police during an interview that a friend had given him the cocaine ‘to rub on a sore tooth’.

She said: “He said he used the scales to measure drugs while self-medicating.”

David Gittins, for Collins, told the court Collins had admitted the offence 11 months ago - at the time of his arrest on December 11, last year.

Speaking about the cannabis find, Mr Gittins said Collins used the class B drug to manage a health condition he suffered with called conduct disorder, which occasionally caused verbal outbursts.

Collins, of Bruner Avenue, Shirebrook, was handed a six-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 court costs and given a £22 victim surcharge.

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