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29 Jun 2012
A 47-year-old man from Crewe
who grew cannabis in his loft and handled thousands of pounds worth
of stolen goods is behind bars.
John Lloyd from Broad Street
in Crewe was found guilty by a jury of five counts
of handling stolen goods at an earlier hearing. He
also pleaded guilty to producing cannabis for personal use.
He was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on 26th June 2012 to
12 months in prison. An order was also made for
the forfeiture and destruction of cannabis plants and equipment
found in his loft last year by police.
DC
Kev Williams
said:
Lloyd was initially arrested for theft of a £2,000
mountain bike from the roof rack of a car in Goddard
Street in Crewe. This came about after the victim saw his
bike, which he had reported to police as stolen on 29th
April 2011, for sale on eBay and informed us.
- DC Kev Williams, Cheshire Constabulary
The owner put a bid in on his own bike and was successful. He
arranged with Lloyd to pick up the bike, then phoned police and
told them that he had arranged to pick up the bike from an address
in Crewe.
Detectives from the burglary unit went to the address posing as
the eBay buyer.
Once the bike was seen by officers as the one stolen from the
roof rack, officers arrested Lloyd. They then searched his house
and recovered over £3,000 worth of high value
walking jackets and 24 Radley
purses.
When the loft was searched five cannabis plants were found
growing in a tent with lights and a vent. A further five were found
in a wardrobe.
Officers began an investigation to trace the owners of the items
seized from Lloyd and traced them back to Cheshire Oaks, and
Bridgemere Garden World. Ten of the jackets and all of the Radley
purses were stolen from Cheshire Oaks.
DC
Williams said:
This was a great result and shows how working
with the public we were able to catch a thief red
handed trying to sell a stolen bike. This then led us to
an even bigger haul which we were able to seize.
This highlights the importance of people working with
police to tackle crime in their community.
- DC Kev Williams, Cheshire Constabulary
