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Jail for drug dealer who had knife in his trousers

Harriet Heywood
BBC News, Peterborough
Cambridgeshire Police A large red kitchen knife with a red wooden handle and red blade. It lies on a wooden table next to a black ball point pen. The pen is is about 3/4 the size of the blade for measurement.Cambridgeshire Police
Police said a large red knife could be seen in the waistband of Callum Schooling's trousers

A drug dealer who carried a kitchen knife down his trousers has been jailed for two years and eight months.

Callum Schooling ran away from officers when they spotted a group of suspected drug dealers and users near a playpark in Church Street, Chesterton, in Cambridgeshire.

After a short foot chase, police said they found Schooling was in possession of a knife, a mobile phone, more than £600 in cash and five pairs of new sunglasses.

Schooling, 22, of Talbot Way in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of a bladed article.

Cambridgeshire Police Custody photo of Callum Schooling against a plain grey background. He is wearing a crew neck grey sweatshirt over a crew neck black t-shirt. He looks directly at the camera and is not smiling. He has brown hair, blue eyes and facial hair on his chin.Cambridgeshire Police
Police hoped the jailing of Callum Schooling would serve "as a reminder that drug dealing is not tolerated in our county"

Neighbourhood officers said they saw a large red knife in the waistband of Schooling's trousers during the incident in June.

Officers also recovered a second mobile phone which he had discarded.

PC Will Lovell said: "This sentence reflects the serious nature of both drug dealing and carrying a weapon.

"Thanks to the team’s work, he is now off the streets. We hope this serves as a reminder that drug dealing is not tolerated in our county."

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