A student avoided jail after admitting conspiracy to supply ecstasy from Garlands nightclub.
Alex Kirkpatrick, 20, was arrested after an undercover Merseyside police operation in the Liverpool city centre venue in December last year.
Kirkpatrick, of Coppice Grove, Greasby, pleaded guilty to the charge at Liverpool Crown Court and was sentenced to 10 months in a youth offender’s institution, suspended for two years.
The popular club, in Eberle Street, was subjected to a three month closure order following a huge raid by Merseyside Police investigating drug supply in Liverpool’s clubland on February 12.
Up to 200 revellers were turfed out into the street as officers raided the venue midway through a busy club night. Club bosses have since been given the go ahead to re-open after agreeing to stringent licensing conditions.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/