direct to your inboxThe bomb squad raced to a drug dealer's house after a sawn-off shotgun and hand grenade were found in his loft by cops.
Anthony Lutkevitch, 31, was being paid by an unknown man to store the weapons at the property on Tonge Street in Heywood, a court heard.
Police found the gun and 'Russian' explosive in the attic after executing a warrant in July last year.Bomb disposal experts had to be called.
A controlled explosion was carried out.Officers also found a 'large amount' of cannabis and ketamine, worth around £17,000 on the streets, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.Lutkevitch has now been jailed.A judge was told he dealt drugs 'prolifically' for nine years.
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