A man has been jailed after targeting a Carlisle pharmacy twice and stealing medication.
Desmond Thomas Young, 30, of Balfour Road, Carlisle, appeared at the city’s crown court and was jailed for 12 months for two counts of burglary and possession with intent to supply class C drugs.
The court heard on the evening of August 20 this year Young went to the pharmacy on Bank Street, Dalston breaking in via a glass door.
Once inside Young made his way to the medicine storeroom, filling a backpack with medication before making off on a red bicycle he had left outside, dropping packages of medication as he made off.
Young returned to the pharmacy on Bank Street on September 7 and got in by kicking the boarded-up glass door on August 20.
Young entered the store filled a carrier bag with the medication before getting on his red bike and cycling away.
A resident saw the incident and reported it to police while filming Young as he cycled away.
Enquiries led officers to an address linked to Young on Hope Street. Outside they found a red bike before gaining entry where they detained him.
Inside the address searches found hundreds of pregabalin tablets, empty blister packets and full pill boxes of the medication.
Officers also located clothing belonging to Young with items matching the clothing worn by the offender leaving the scene of the burglary on September 7 and the black backpack used in the first burglary was also located and seized.
PC Angus Fulton said: “Young targeted the pharmacy on two occasions taking significant amounts of medication with intention to supply to others.
“These drugs are only normally administered following clinical advice, if these drugs were taken without being subscribed, they could have led to serious injury or death.
“We take burglary offences extremely seriously and those who conduct similar offences can expect to face a police investigation and prosecution.
