{"id":3197447,"date":"2022-04-15T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/thecourier\/?post_type=fp&p=3197447"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:58:59","slug":"drugs-dundee-missing-woman","status":"publish","type":"fp","link":"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/news\/dundee\/3197447\/drugs-dundee-missing-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for missing woman uncovered major drugs operation in Dundee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"before-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div><p>Police in Dundee uncovered a “county lines” drugs operation while searching for a missing woman.<\/p>\n<p>Merseyside dealer Joshua Pennington appeared at the Dundee Sheriff Court and admitted being involved in the city’s heroin and cocaine trade.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old, of Birkenhead, has previously spent time in prison for imitation fire arms offences as well as other dealing convictions.<\/p>\n<p>He was caught with drugs and other paraphernalia at an address in St Boswell’s Terrace in the St Mary’s area of Dundee, after police attended in connection with a missing persons inquiry.<\/p>\n<h2>DNA found on drug packages<\/h2>\n<p>Depute fiscal Gavin Barton told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/tag\/dundee-sheriff-court\/\">the court<\/a>: “The accused has a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wirralglobe.co.uk\/news\/11761420.two-charged-with-violent-disorder-following-incident-in-noctorum\/\">previous convictions<\/a> including firearms and battery and has spent time in prison in England.<\/p>\n<p>“Police were searching for a missing woman. They attended the locus. They began conversing with the woman who was behind the door.”<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embed--image__container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2509877\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-940x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-940x564.jpg 940w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-620x372.jpg 620w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-140x84.jpg 140w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727-80x48.jpg 80w, https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/l10187ee_1774082-3-e1643394115727.jpg 1421w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <\/div>\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text caption\">Dundee Sheriff Court.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Mr Barton said: “Police traced Pennington in the living room. He was detained and conveyed to police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>“He was searched and a black Nokia mobile phone was discovered, with \u00a31,200 cash.<\/p>\n<p>“He was arrested, cautioned and made no reply.<\/p>\n<p>“A search was carried out at the property.”<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor said:\u00a0“Wraps containing a crystal substance, and others with white powder, were found, along with a set of weighing scales.<\/p>\n<p>“Forensic scientist analysis discovered the crystal substance to be cocaine and the powder diamorphine (heroin).<\/p>\n<p>“The accused’s DNA was found on packages of the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>“Messages uncovered on the phone were consistent of messages selling drugs.”<\/p>\n<p>More than \u00a31,300 of cocaine was recovered and \u00a3120 of heroin, the fiscal depute added.<\/p>\n<h2>PTSD from car crash<\/h2>\n<p>Defence solicitor Billy Watt said his client suffered from ADHD and post traumatic stress following a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was “vulnerable” and lived with his grandparents near Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Lorna Drummond deferred sentence for reports and continued Pennington’s bail.<\/p>\n<p>He will appear again at Dundee Sheriff Court on May 16.<\/p>\n<div id=\"after-the-content-hook-1\" class=\"content-hook\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Dundee uncovered a “county lines” drugs operation while searching for a missing woman.","protected":false},"author":7909,"featured_media":2289079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"esio_related_content":"yes","esio_send_to_subbed":"","send_to_es":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[355768,14],"tags":[111,455,2697,14719],"newsletter-control":[368217,4203],"url":"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/news\/dundee\/3197447\/drugs-dundee-missing-woman\/","author_name":"Paul Malik","author_image_url":"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/thecourier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/03\/Cou_Paul_Malik-Lo-Res.png","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/wpcluster.dctdigital.com\/thecourier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/06\/boswell1_6187395-e1623145164818-3-940x564.jpg","acf":{"curated_content_flag":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.1 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police hunting missing woman uncovered major drugs operation in Dundee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Merseyside dealer Joshua Pennington appeared at the Dundee Sheriff Court and admitted being involved in the city's heroin and cocaine trade.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/news\/dundee\/3197447\/drugs-dundee-missing-woman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police searching for missing woman uncovered major drugs operation in Dundee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in Dundee uncovered a "county lines" drugs operation while searching for a missing woman. 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