A DRUG dealer was caught after he was stopped by police for driving while using his mobile phone.
Officers stopped a car being driven by Rokas Silickis, 24, in Cottage Leap, Rugby in April.
After getting a whiff of cannabis, they searched the car and seized two large bags of the drug along with three mobile phones and £3,000 in cash.
Following the arrest, detectives from Warwickshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime team raided two houses in Rugby linked to Silickis, where they discovered 158 cannabis plants.
Silickis, of Tettenhall Road in Wolverhampton, was jailed at Warwick Crown Court for two years and three months after pleading guilty to two counts of producing cannabis and one count of possession of cannabis with intent to supply.
Det Cons Matt Rapkins from Warwickshire Police said: “There are a couple of lessons to be learnt from this. Firstly, don’t use your mobile phone while driving. Secondly, especially don’t do it if you’re carrying two large bags of cannabis.
“This was an excellent bit of policing by officers on patrol whose efforts in stopping a man for a driving offence led to a significant amount of cannabis being taken off the streets.”
