Mum jailed for letting house be used as drugs den

    The mother of a drug dealer in Manchester has been jailed for allowing her home to be used for the supply of Class A and Class B substances.

    During four separate police raids on Dawn Hanford’s home in Gorton, cannabis, ecstasy and cash were seized.

    Hanford, 58, was jailed for three months at Manchester Crown Court after she admitted permitting her premises to be used for the supply of drugs.

    Her son James Peltier, 23, was jailed for three years and nine months after he admitted being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs and a third charge of money laundering.

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