Jacob Allen busted for drugs and knuckle dusters in Blacktown drug run

Police followed a man after seeing him emerge from a known drug house. However, he had more than just drugs in his possession when they decided to search him.

A Blacktown man has been sentenced after they found drugs on him and a weapon hidden in his car.

Jacob Allen, 25 left a drug house just after 3pm on September 23, 2021 with police following him for a short time before pulling him over.

Jacob Allen leaving Blacktown Court on Tuesday (1/2/22). Picture: Ben Talintyre

Allen was asked by cops if he had anything illegal on him, to which he replied “yes, I have it in my pants” before pulling out two resealable bags containing cannabis.

The police fact sheet states that upon searching his vehicle they also found a pair of knuckle dusters under the passenger seat which Allen said was “for his own protection”.

In Blacktown Court on Tuesday, Magistrate Brian van Zuylen asked Allen what he could possibly need knuckle dusters for to which he replied, “for my safety”.

The magistrate was visibly displeased, adding: “Protection? The only use there is for them is to break someone’s jaw. Is that what you were intending to do?

“As for the drugs, surely you have something better to do with your time and money than cannabis.”

Allen pleaded guilty to the charges of possessing a prohibited drug and for possessing a prohibited weapon without a licence.

He was fined $400 in total for the two offences.