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Police have released footage of the moment a drug dealer was arrested after telling officers packs of laughing gas canisters in his car were Christmas presents.
Thomas Salton becomes first person jailed for possessing nitrous oxide since change in law
This is the moment a drug dealer tells police “party bags” containing canisters of laughing gas are “Christmas presents”. Thomas Salton, 30, became the first person to be jailed for possessing the drug since it was outlawed, when he appeared in court on Monday (19 February). Body-worn camera footage from Essex Police captures the moment Salton, from Brentwood, was pulled over in his Range Rover on 1 December, last year. When asked what is in his car, he tells the officer “Christmas presents”. Salton had gift boxes for customers which included 60 small canisters of nitrous oxide, ba...
Thomas Salton was found with £38,000 in cash, ketamine and nitrous oxide canisters when he was pulled over in Basildon, Essex for no car insurance
A drug dealer who was caught with party bags containing canisters of laughing gas has become the first person to be jailed for possession of the class...