A father of three has been imprisoned for almost three years after being charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
Abdul Kahir, of Tolkien Way, Hartshill, was caught with bags of Cocaine in his car whilst he was vacuuming his vehicle at a petrol station in Festival Park.
The 42-year-old had turned to selling the class A drug to pay off his drug debt and to support his pregnant wife and two children. He had been made redundant from his last job, and drug dealing had been his only way of earning an income for the past six weeks.
Police were sent to the area after they received a tip-off of information which turned out to be true. In the centre compartment of Kahir’s car, they discovered four wraps of the white powder hidden inside a sock. They also found a phone, and £320 in cash, which must have been Kahir’s earnings from his drop-offs.
Kahir had been compliant with an interrogation from officers. In his interview with the Police, he claimed he was paid £150 a day selling each pack for £40. He said he was sent postcodes via text, so he knew where to deliver the drugs.
Kahir was held on trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. The defendant pleaded guilty. He said that he had been offered the deal of buying and selling as the only way of escaping from his debt. From doing as such, the money he owed had been reduced by £100, and he got £50 in Cocaine.
Stuart Muldoon, mitigating, argued that a prison sentence for the defendant should be suspended due to the nature of his family situation. He said: “His wife and young children are going to become victims of his offending”.
However, Kahir was still sentenced to a total of 28 months. The judge ordered the forfeit of the cash which was found in his car and the destruction of the drugs which were in his possession.
