A DRUG dealer caught with more than £60,000 of cannabis has been ordered to hand his drug money to charity.
David Leydan Hogg, 48, was caught with the huge amounts of cannabis when police raided his uncle's home in west Hull, where he had been living.
He was also found with more than £1,600 in cash.
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC has asked police to give Hogg's money to a drugs charity of their choice to help the fight against drugs in Hull.
Hull Crown Court heard detectives executed a search warrant on August 14 at the house in Pickering Crescent, off Hessle Road, and discovered cannabis with a street value of £60,000.
Prosecutor Mark Kendall said: "When the officers attended looking for drugs, he told them he had 60 to 70kg left. He then pointed to two cupboards where the drugs were being stashed.
"He was found with £1,622 in his trouser pockets and in a settee."
The police also discovered two sets of weighing scales, plastic dealer bags, a dealer list and three mobile phones.
Hogg has three previous convictions for supplying drugs dating back to the 1990s.
In 2003, he received a sentence of four years and six months in prison for supplying heroin.
He pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
Judge Richardson QC told him: "Your life has been ruined, utterly ruined by drugs.
"I do not doubt you love your family but you have plunged to the depths.
"Quite apart from your own drug addiction, you were doubtless, for quite some time, peddling drugs and ruining the lives of others.
"It is a cycle with which the court is familiar and I'm afraid a tough line has to be taken.
"Let there be no misunderstanding – you are 48 years old and in the more recent past, the author of your own misfortune."
He has jailed Hogg for three and a half years.
Judge Richardson QC has ordered the police to give the money recovered from Hogg to a local drugs charity.
He said: "There are a number of good drugs charities who do good work for people in the local community suffering from drug addiction. At least something good will come out of this, not much, but something."
He has ordered the police to inform him in writing which charity the money is to be sent to.
