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A COUPLE caught with weapons, drugs and bundled cash of nearly £100,000 from ‘large scale dealing’ were spared jail.

Long-term Hilsea couple Kevin Franks and Kerry Ewington, both 49, were in the dock at Portsmouth Crown Court after 7.5kg of cannabis worth about £30,000 was discovered at their home.

A stun gun and CS gas canister were also found while Ewington admitted money laundering between January 2013 and July 31 last year after ‘unexplained’ large deposits had been made into her bank totalling £78,191, with £9,605 made in 2018/19.

The court heard how the pair were busted when Franks’ vehicle was pulled over by police on July 25 in Milton Road where they discovered a weapon and cash.

Portsmouth Crown Court. Picture: César Moreno Huerta

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‘Police searched the vehicle and found bundles of cash which turned out to be worth £78,895,’ prosecutor Timothy Compton said.

Officers then went to Franks’ home in Oriel Road, where he lived with Ewington, where they discovered large sums of cash scattered throughout the home along with cannabis - including three blocks of cannabis resin - and a stun gun.

Drug-dealing Portsmouth couple spared prison after being caught with £100,000 cash