A speeding motorist has been jailed after he was found with drugs stashed in his vehicle.
Officers initially stopped the the blue Proton Savvy just before 9pm on May 15 on the A27 in Worthing because it had been travelling at excess speeds.
Due to a strong smell of cannabis in the car, police searched driver Marion Tomaszewski, 58, finding a small amount of white powder in his wallet which was tested as amphetamine and a lock knife in his trouser pocket.
A further search of his vehicle found him in possession of ten wraps of cocaine, wrapped in lottery tickets, seven wraps of amphetamines in an old Strepsils tin, seven bags of cannabis in an old whisky tin, 19 MDMA pills, and a green tin containing five cannabis joints.
Officers also seized “burner” mobile phones that Tomaszewski used to make drug deals.
Tomaszewski, 58, formerly of Fetherston Road, Lancing, was charged with possessing cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA and cannabis all with intent to supply, and with possession of a bladed article, possession of cannabis and possession of amphetamines.
At Lewes Crown Court on June 14 he pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to a total of three years and two months in prison.
The court also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of all the drugs and the mobile phone seized by the officers, and ordered Tomaszewski to pay a £190 victim surcharge.
A spokesperson for the Specialist Enforcement Unit said:
“This result shows our determination to disrupt the supply of drugs on the roads in Sussex.
“Tomaszewski’s lucky number was up when we found the drugs he had stashed in unused lottery tickets and other tins.
“We have stopped him from selling a variety of class A and class B drugs that cause harm to our communities.
“He can now think about the impact his drug-dealing has and whether it was worth it while he serves his prison sentence.”
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