A MOTHER-AND-SON cannabis dealing operation ran from a home in Darwen has ended in a prison sentence for one of them.

When police raided a home in Hazel Avenue, in November 2014, they found a bag filled with cannabis bush belonging to Dominic McKenna, Burnley Crown Court was told.

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And when officers went downstairs and asked his mother Elizabeth if there were any drugs in the room, she pulled a small bag of cannabis out of a black Gucci bag.

Prosecutor Richard Archer said that Elizabeth McKenna told police that she took the drug because she suffered from a bad back.

An investigation also uncovered £2,000 in a bag and a further £465 was recovered from the mother.

The probe also unearthed a set of electronic scales, which was found to have traces of cannabis bush on them.

Mr Archer told the court that when Dominic McKenna’s mobile was examined there were a number of messages relating to drug dealing.

For Elizabeth McKenna, it was accepted she was not personally offering to supply the drug but had been permitting cannabis dealing to take place within her property.

Dominic McKenna, 37, admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply and was given an eight-month prison sentence. He is currently behind bars after being convicted of a criminal damage offence.

Elizabeth McKenna, 65, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis and was given a two-year conditional discharge by Judge Andrew Woolman.

The court heard that the son had 15 convictions for 16 offences but the mother had no previous criminal record.

An application was made on behalf of the defendants’ daughter and sister, Zoe McKenna, for £2,000 of the money seized on the grounds that the money, proceeds from a road accident payout, was being held on her behalf.

But after hearing evidence, Judge Woolman ordered that the £2,465 seized from Elizabeth McKenna, and £285 seized from Dominic McKenna, should both be forfeited.