Mark Hawkes was caught sneaking a quantity of Class C drugs into Stockton’s Holme House Prison.Prison officers saw him put something into his mouth, which turned out to be a condom containing the drugs.When questioned by police he said he had been given them by someone else and threatened if he didn’t take them into the prison.In a separate incident Hawkes had stolen pairs of jeans from a shop in Stockton High Street in order to sell them to fund his drug addiction.Peter Wishlade, mitigating, said Hawkes had become addicted to heroin and as a result he had amassed a record for “acquisitive crime”.Hawkes, he said, had been told by someone else he had to take the drugs into prison, which he did.“He did that simply to avoid the possible consequences not only to himself but friends and family,” said Mr Wishlade.He said Hawkes had told him he was free of drugs and he looked “bright-eyed and bushy-tailed”.Hawkes, 27, of Cherry Court, Stockton, admitted possession of drugs with intent to supply and theft and was jailed for 14 months
Steven Peter Hipwell, 32, was arrested by Cherng Talay Police on December 22 at 4.30 pm allegedly in possession of two bags of cocaine
Steven Peter Hipwell, 32, was arrested by Cherng Talay Police on December 22 at 4.30 pm allegedly in possession of two bags of cocaine totaling 0.6 and 0.7 grams. His arrest came in a sting operation involving another Englishman ,who had been arrested on drug charges by police in Patong days earlier.Police alleged that David Pet had been caught with cocaine on Nanai Road, and while being held he told police that Hipwell had sold him the drugs.Police then arranged a sting and raid on Hipwell's house, where David ''bought'' the cocaine while police waited outside.Police searched Hipwell's home. Officers said they found another small packet of cocaine in a money jar.Hipwell is being held in Phuket jail while the court considers bail.Both Pet and Hipwell were living and working in Phuket, police say
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