A drug dealer was arrested after he accidentally texted his price list to a police officer. A true criminal genius, eh?
Martynas Benosenko, 22, from Leeds, was caught with more £3,000 ($3,900) worth of cocaine and MDMA while at Leeds Festival in August 2018.
He was also found with ‘business cards’ printed with the slogan ‘Flavour Town LS6’, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Prosecutor Jessica Randall said Benosenko was arrested at the festival when security spotted him smoking weed and ‘acting suspiciously’.
In the process, his bag was searched and 28 individual bags of cocaine and 67 MDMA tablets were found inside. He also had a small amount of cannabis. The court heard the drugs had a street value of around £3,600 ($4,700).
Benosenko pleaded guilty to two offences: possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and possession of cannabis.
In mitigation, lawyer Christopher Dunn said Benosenko had a job as a chef in TGI Fridays but had lost his job shortly before the festival.
He said Benosenko – who is a Lithuanian national – had ‘no idea’ how serious the offences were in the UK.
