Police raided a house on Glenallen Street in east Belfast on March 16 and seized drugs with an estimated street value of £450,000 along with a sawn-off shotgun.

Jason Morrison, 34, from the address faces charges of possessing Class A and Class B drugs with intent to supply, firearm offences and handling criminal property. Officers found 13 vacuum-packed bags of herbal cannabis in the attic and 1kg bags under a baby's pram. The kitchen held bowls of sweets packaged for cannabis edibles and a syringe with suspected cannabis oil.

In the living room, police recovered 200 CBD vapes. A shed contained sealed bags of herbal cannabis, suspected MDMA tablets and the shotgun wrapped in towels inside an IKEA bag. One round of ammunition and £5,000 in cash appeared at the property.

From a car outside, officers took three phones, four bags of suspected herbal cannabis, two containers of oil, 20 bricks of cannabis resin, herbal cannabis and powders believed to be MDMA and methamphetamine.

Morrison returned from Scotland and police arrested him at Belfast International Airport. He denied knowledge of the shotgun but gave no comment on most questions.

Crown counsel Adrian Higgins told Belfast court that evidence of drug packaging and cash showed active dealing, plus a history with weapons. An investigating detective described Morrison as a mid-tier member of an organised crime gang in east Belfast.

Defence barrister Aaron Thompson noted the shed could be accessed by anyone and that Morrison had travelled to Scotland to visit his child.

Madam Justice McBride refused bail due to unsuitable address conditions and risk of re-offending.