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Kinmel Bay father, 45, pocketed nearly £100,000 from dealing cocaine
['Matthew Chandler']
Rhyl Journal | News
Hastie, who attended Wednesday’s hearing via videolink from prison, hid quantities of cocaine in places including a plastic tub in his kitchen, and a storage unit in Rhyl.
Officers seized £300 in cash found in a coffee pot in his kitchen, a plastic tub containing cocaine worth up to £14,000, scales, and more cocaine valued up to £500 which a police dog found in a plastic pot.
Police also searched a unit at Whites Self Storage in Rhyl attributed to Hastie, where they found a green fishing tub containing cocaine worth up to £23,113.
In total, almost half a kilogram of cocaine was seized from Hastie, who also had £4,800 in cash taken from a coat pocket in his wardrobe.
Judge Huw Rees, presiding over Wednesday’s hearing, ordered that Hastie pays the £5,100 within 28 days, or he will face a three-month period in default.