Drug dealer who disguised drugs as children's sweets is jailed

Drug dealer who disguised MDMA, magic mushroom and cocaine as children’s sweets and chocolate in £121,000 operation is jailed for seven and a half years

• Elliot Kennedy, 34, pleaded guilty to 23 counts of possession of drugs 

A dealer who disguised drugs as sweets, chocolate and tortilla chips which he made look enticing to children has been jailed for seven and a half years. 

Police raided Elliot Kennedy’s Birmingham base and found multi-coloured sweets in packets and chocolate bars which included what looked like Kinder Happy Hippo treats.

Drugs found in his fake confectionery were cannabis, MDMA, magic mushrooms, and cocaine.

The 34-year-old also concealed psychedelic Mescaline as tortilla chips.

The drugs had a total street value of £121,000.

Elliot Kennedy pleaded guilty to 23 counts of possession of drugs on Friday

£121,000 worth of drugs were seized from Elliot Kennedy’s base – they were disguised as sweets

Police described it as a ‘significant drugs supply operation’ – pictured are drugs disguised as chocolate bars 

Officers from the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit broke through a reinforced metal security door to access Kennedy’s base in the Erdington part of Birmingham in March last year.

He jumped out of a bedroom window to escape but was caught and arrested by officers chasing him on foot.

Packaging and posting labels and customs declaration stickers found on-site suggested the items were being shipped abroad.

He pleaded guilty to 23 counts of possession of drugs on Friday and has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years at Birmingham Crown Court.

Detective Constable Holly Percival said: ‘This was a significant drugs supply operation, which we’ve now crushed and removed a prominent drug dealer from our streets.

‘The drugs trade often involves the exploitation of children and the fact Kennedy was manufacturing drugs to look like sweets and chocolate shows how sinister and dangerous this operation was.

‘Drugs can not only cost lives, but are also linked to serious violence between drug gangs and other crimes, and there will be no let-up in our work to tackle those involved in the illegal supply of them.’

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