A man has been jailed after police caught him with hundreds of pounds' worth of drugs hidden down his trousers.

Alan Bell, 53, was in police custody when he confessed that he had swallowed a quantity of drugs, before the concealed stash was later discovered.

A hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on August 12 heard that Bell, of no fixed address, had started using drugs after the death of his daughter in 1999, and had turned to dealing as a way to finance his own addiction, the Liverpool ECHO reports .

Despite these difficulties, Bell now says that he has been taking steps to address his addiction while in prison and is "feeling better than he ever has before" as a result.

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On July 4, 2024, police saw Bell on Chandos Street in Edge Hill, and

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