A crack cocaine dealer handed out business cards with images of the cartoon sailor Popeye and boasting that he worked "24/7". Stephen Manning used images of pipe-smoking cartoon character Popeye to promote his illicit enterprise.

Police officers seized the business cards during the investigation. They were given by Manning to existing customers, to promote his product to a wider custom base.

The cards also featured various slang terms relating to crack cocaine, including "Chef", referring to someone who ‘cooks’ the crack cocaine to prepare it for use and "Rolling Stones", referring to the end product of crack cocaine which crystallises into "stones" or rocks.

They also included '24/7' to advertise that he was selling and dealing drugs at all hours of the day, every day. Manning, 38, fro

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