Teenage drug dealer jailed after mum found gun while tidying his bedroom and called cops

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A teenage drug dealer was jailed after his mum discovered a hidden gun while tidying his room. Owen Walker was 19 at the time when his parent found the modified firearm while vacuuming his bedroom last December.She called the police then rang Walker's dad, who brought the teen back to the home in Worcester, where officers arrested him.

The pistol was seized while a mobile phone, with messages linking him to drug dealing, was also found by cops, The Mirror reports.Walker was bailed but within seven months he was caught drug dealing in his hometown while carrying a knife.

Worcester Crown Court heard officers searched his home on June 21 where they seized a knife and a machete, as well as cocaine and heroin.Lee Egan, prosecuting, said nitrous oxide canisters were also found, and a video on his seized phone showed Walker and friends using the canisters.Within a week, cops were called to reports of drug dealing near Gillam Street.

Walker was nicked and officers found 15 wraps of cocaine, hundreds of pounds in cash, and a "large lock knife". Two phones seized from Walker further linked him to drug dealing, while a search of his home led to a bag containing 24g of cannabis being found.At Worcester Crown Court, Walker, who is now 20, admitted a string of charges.