Angmering ‘barber’ jailed for £67,000 drugs den

By The Newsroom
Published 12th Sep 2013, 07:00 BST
Moore Cuts was simply a front for a large-scale drug den in The Arcade, LittlehamptonMoore Cuts was simply a front for a large-scale drug den in The Arcade, Littlehampton
Moore Cuts was simply a front for a large-scale drug den in The Arcade, Littlehampton
A MAN who played a ‘significant role’ in setting up a drugs factory, worth an estimated £67,000, in Littlehampton town centre, has been jailed for three years.

Perry Moore, of Decoy Drive, Angmering, was sentenced at Chichester Crown Court on Thursday for his role in setting up the cannabis operation, in The Arcade, last year.

The court heard that when police raided the room above the former Moore Cuts barbershop, in November, they uncovered a total of 149 cannabis plants, in various stages of maturation.

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Sentencing the 22-year-old, recorder Mr Milliken-Smith, QC, said: “This was a sophisticated and robust operation conducted by people who knew what they were doing.

“You took over this premises in July, 2012. The cannabis factory was well in operation by November 6.”

He told Moore that the letting of the barbershop below was a ‘cover for a substantial operation’, with detectives estimating the drugs den was worth an estimated street value of £67,000.

Mr Milliken-Smith continued: “You barely opened which was, perhaps, an error.