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Man stole tools to buy drugs

A 40-year-old unemployed man has been jailed for stealing $1,900 worth of tools to buy drugs.Andrew Arroash, of no fixed abode, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to stealing the equipment from DeCosta Construction on Pitts Bay Road.Crown counsel Kirsty-Ann Kiellor said Arroash then sold the tools to a third party for $50, to buy crack cocaine.He was caught on CCTV breaking into the premises on March 17. The items were recovered from a residence the following day, and Arroash was later arrested.He told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner: “I just graduated from drug court and I just fell off. I went out on my own, but I wasn’t ready.”According to Ms Kiellor, Arroash has a record of theft and burglary offences dating back to 2001.Mr Warner told him: “It seems like society has done nearly everything it can for you.” He then sentenced Arroash to three years’ imprisonment.