Leeds drug dealer jailed after being caught with Class A drugs down trousers in Cambridge
21 year old Neil Brown was jailed for over three years on Friday
Last updated 18th Nov 2025
A man who told police he used his backdated benefits to ‘treat himself’ to drugs has been jailed for more than three years.
Neighbourhood police were on patrol in Headford Close, Cambridge, in May when they spotted Neil Brown leaving a suspected drug user’s property.
The 21-year-old told officers he had just smoked cannabis and was returning to work, but when informed he would be detained for a search, he attempted to run off.
As police searched Brown, wraps of crack cocaine began falling down his trouser leg. In total, police recovered 98 wraps of crack cocaine, with a street value of around £1,960. A knife was also found near to him on the ground.
During interview, Brown claimed he had recently received backdated benefits and had bought enough drugs to last him ‘a couple of months’.
At Huntingdon Law Courts on Friday, Brown, of Boggart Hill Drive, Leeds, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, possession of cannabis and possession of a knife in a public place.
PC Piers Kitson, from the Cambridge neighbourhood team, said: “We will continue to target those who choose to carry weapons and deal drugs on the streets of Cambridge.”