Three young men involved with supplying heroin and crack cocaine have been spared jail.

Junaid Miah, 19, of Acres Street, Keighley, Jameel Hussain, 23, now living in Glasgow, and Benjamin Paul, 21, of Kensington Street, Keighley, appeared for sentence at Bradford Crown Court on Monday.

Miah pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and three offences of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug to another.

Hussain and Paul admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.

All were given suspended sentences by Recorder of Bradford Judge Stephen Gullick.

Prosecutor John Topham told the court the case involved the supply of Class A drugs in Keighley between November 2006 and July last year. Mr Topham said Miah was involved for a longer period than the others. Hussain was involved only in November 2006 and Paul only in April 2007.

On November 2, 2006, police searched an address in Kensington Street, Keighley.

Miah and Hussain were in the living room at the property. Under the sofa was a bag containing 22 wraps of crack cocaine and 16 of heroin.

On April 24, 2007, the house was again raided by the police, the court heard. By now, Paul and his poorly mother had moved in. He showed officers a tub in the cellar containing six wraps of cocaine and one of heroin. Paul told officers he had been a drugs runner for up to three weeks.

On July 20 last year, police searched Miah's home and found £435 in banknotes heavily contaminated with heroin.

There were also electronic scales with traces of the drug on them and plastic food bags, said Mr Topham. Miah's phone had photographs of bundles of money on it, the court heard.

Shufqat Khan, for Miah, said he got into debt and mixed with the wrong crowd. He was a middle-man paid a limited wage for a limited role.

Neil Clarke, for Hussain, said he agreed to be a drugs courier for a friend but the police moved in before he could act. He was now married and living in Glasgow and it was almost two years since the offences.

Ken Green, for Paul, said he was vulnerable and an easy target.

He had been intimidated into storing the drugs by others not before the court. He was sole carer for his poorly mother and himself had a weak heart.

Judge Gullick sentenced all three defendants to community orders.

Paul received a 36-week jail sentence suspended for 12 months, Hussain 26 weeks suspended for 12 months and Miah 51 weeks custody suspended for 12 months.