JAILED: Drug dealer caught red-handed in swoop by police
A man hooked on drugs and gambling has been jailed for more than three years for trying to deal cocaine.
It was the second time Dilshad Ahmed had been caught selling drugs, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
Plain clothes police officers saw a group of known drug dealers talking to the occupants of a rented Audi A4 in Tasker Street, Walsall, at 3pm on May 4, a judge heard.
The driver of an unmarked police car parked bonnet-to-bonnet with the Audi that quickly reversed and drove off at speed, said Mr Andrew Baker, prosecuting.
The officers gave chase and the Audi was found abandoned nearby with £100 cash in a foot well, empty dealer bags in the glove box and a mobile phone with the SIM card removed, continued the lawyer.
Ahmed and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be identified, were spotted close by and recognised as two of the three occupants of the vehicle.
The driver has not been traced.
The 33-year-old defendant had seven wraps of crack while the teenager had 14 wraps of heroin, £514 cash, a dealer list and mobile.
The defendant had been an addict for many years after starting to take drugs aged 18 or 19, said Mr Devon Small, defending Ahmed, who continued: “This led him to stealing from his family and gambling. He built up huge gambling debts.”
Ahmed, from St Paul’s Road, Smethwick, who had a previous conviction that saw him jailed for dealing heroin, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
He was jailed for three years two months.
The teenager involved was dealt with at a youth court where he was sentenced to an 18 month detention and training order.
