A drug dealer who was caught storing more than £30,000 of cannabis and cash in his second Aberdeen flat has avoided jail.
Tomasz Peczko, 30, volunteered the keys to a property that contained nearly £25,000 worth of drugs, when police told him they planned to search it.
Following the drugs raid at Elmback Terrace in Aberdeen, officers then searched Peczko’s vehicle and found a baton and some more cannabis.
A total of £30,330 of cannabis and cash was found during the searches, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.
Peczko’s solicitor told the court that he had cooperated with police once he was informed they were going to visit the second property.
Fiscal depute Lucy Simpson told the court that police had become aware that Peczko was involved in the supply of cannabis during February last year.
“A search warrant was subsequently craved and granted in respect of the locus,” she said. “It was executed on April 15, during which a number of items were recovered.”
Police found various bags and boxes containing large amounts of cannabis, the biggest being 455 grams, that could fetch a maximum street value of £7,575.
They also discovered a number of smaller self-seal and plastic bags filled with cannabis which had a lesser value.
The evidence against Peczko
Police gathered nine boxes and bags of cannabis totaling £24,820.
Five sets of scales and two notepads with notes concerning drug transactions were also uncovered.
A carrier bag with £5,510 in cash was seized from the flat.
Officers who searched Peczko’s vehicle confiscated a retractable baton and a small bag of cannabis worth £25 on the street.
Peczko admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis and possession of an offensive weapon.
‘He had knowledge and control of the drugs’
Defence agent Michael Burnett told the court that police arrived at his client’s permanent address with a warrant for that property and the Elmbank Terrace flat.
“The police spoke to him and his partner and explained that they were going to search a second property,” Mr Burnett said.
“He cooperated fully and gave the police the keys for the second property.”
The solicitor added: “His position to me is that he accepts he had knowledge and control of the drugs.
“He tells me that someone else involved in the drug trade had asked him to store that amount of money and drugs in that property and he knew full well it was to be used for onward trade and supply.
“For that, he received financial compensation.”
Sheriff Andrew Miller handed Peczko, of Froghall Avenue in Aberdeen, 250 hours of unpaid work as an alternative to a prison sentence.
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