Man, 27, jailed after police find his sock stuffed inside the toilet

A drug dealer has been jailed for his part in county lines supply racket. When cops raided Mathias Akinyemi's home in Ardwick, officers found cocaine worth £30,000 stuffed inside a sock hidden in the loo.

Yesterday (Thursday) the 27-year-old was jailed for three years and 11 months at Manchester Crown Court for his part in the running a national county lines drug supply operation.

The sentence comes after the defendant was convicted of possession of criminal cash, and possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs, cocaine and cannabis.

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Akinyemi came to the attention of police after he was identified through intelligence that linked him to a national county lines operation, shipping drugs in bulk and in smaller amounts across the country, according to Greater Manchester Police.

On Friday October 13 last year, officers from GMP carried out a search warrant at Akinyemi’s address on Ardick Green North. Inside, they found a number of controlled drugs, the remnants of what appeared to be plant growing equipment in the attic and bundles of cash.

A quantity of cannabis was recovered with an estimated street worth of £25,000. Officers also found a block of cocaine stuffed inside a sock and hidden in the toilet which was estimated to have a street value of £30,000. Taking into account the drugs, cash and other assets, the total value of goods seized amounted to £100,000.

After the hearing, PC Haydn Cross, of GMP's Challenger Organised Crime Team, said: "The jail sentence that’s been secured as a result of this investigation should serve as a stark warning to other county lines offenders. Greater Manchester Police takes a zero-tolerance approach and