Young dad who turned to dealing to pay off drugs debts was caught on first day after selling to undercover cops

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A young dad has been jailed for three years after he inadvertently supplied undercover police officers with drugs in order to repay a debt to his dealer - the day before he decided to find a job to repay the money he owed.

Jaden Bond, 22, cycled up to two undercover officers on July 21, 2021, after the pair had ordered “two whites and a dark” - crack cocaine and heroin, through the “James” drug supply phone line as part of an operation to crack down on drug dealing in Manchester City Centre.

A hearing at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square, on Monday July 25, heard that Bond, of Shawhill Walk, had been recruited as part of the supply chain to repay his debt to his dealer from his own drug use, and was making runs on a blue pushbike for one day before he decided to get a job to repay his debts instead. READ MORE:Heartbreaking tributes paid to teenager, 17, "who made everyone laugh" killed in motorbike crash Kate Gaskell, prosecuting, told the court that the two undercover officers arranged a meeting at “the rocks”, when Bond cycled up to them and handed over three wraps in exchange for some cash.

The officers tested the wraps and found them to be crack cocaine and heroin, and Bond was circulated as a wanted person on police computers, until he was arrested for an unrelated matter on May 8 this year.