Officers from our Neighbourhood Support Team were carrying out an operation in the Lincoln Road area of Millfield on 21 August last year when they came across 30-year-old Evaldas Lygmalis heading towards the same property as them in Rock Road.
Lygmalis was seen to go behind a parked car and place something in his mouth before officers stopped him and asked what he was doing.
He tried to claim he had gone to the toilet behind the car, and not believing him after checking the area, a check on the Police National Computer (PNC) showed he was wanted for failing to appear in court in connection with drug dealing offences.
Lygmalis, of no fixed address, was arrested and a routine search of him was carried out which uncovered a plastic bag containing about £520 worth of class A drug wraps in his waistband, along with more than £200 in cash and an extendable baton – a prohibited weapon.
He appeared at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday (Monday) where he admitted charges of possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin, as well as being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, namely an extendable baton.
He was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
