A DRUG dealer whose £8,900 cocaine stash was discovered by a gas man carrying out a safety check was jailed on Thursday for 20 months.

Jamie Wilson, 27, kept the drugs hidden in kitchen cupboards and worktops at his flat in Glasgow’s Govan area last September.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard the gas inspector went to the flat, which is owned by Elder Park Housing Association, to carry out a mandatory safety check, but there was no answer at the door.

Entry was forced and after quick look around the gas man spotted the drugs.

Prosecutor Mark Allan said: “They carried out a quick check of the property and observed drugs then contacted the police.”

A warrant was granted and the property was raided by officers.

Scales, plastic bags, gloves and £155 in cash was recovered from a kitchen counter.

Mr Allan added: “Within the kitchen cupboards and worktops, various seal bags containing white powder were seized.”

The powder was found to be cocaine with a maximum street value of £8,910.

Wilson, who still lives in Elder Park, handed himself into a police station last October.

He pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine.

Lawyer Michael McKeown, defending, told the court that Wilson had run up a debt and allowed his property to be used to store the drugs that day.

Sheriff Sean Murphy QC told Wilson a custodial sentence was necessary due to the substantial value of the drugs.