Cocaine dealer runs into trouble (From Oxford Mail)
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Cocaine dealer runs into trouble
7:00pm Monday 13th February 2012 in News
A FORMER taxi driver was found with £21,000 worth of cocaine after drunkenly trying to punch someone he had offered drugs to.
Safraz Ali was caught when police spotted him in Oxford city centre after swinging a fist at a man he approached.
When officers intervened, at 2.55am on November 27, they found five wraps of the Class A drug in the 30-year-old’s pocket. But a subsequent search of his bedroom back at home revealed a 541g block of cocaine, worth up to £21,640 in street deals.
Ali, of East Field Close, Headington, admitted possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply and was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Friday.
Peter Du Feu, defending, said his client, who has previous convictions for drunken disorder and ABH, had until recently been a driver for Royal Cars for eight years.
He said: “His family have let him know their feelings, a family that have disapproved of his drinking that is against their religion and his religion.”
Judge Patrick Eccles said the amount of drugs was “for this city, a significant amount” and jailed Ali for four and a half years.
Comments(8)
J B Blackett
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8:23pm Mon 13 Feb 12
mrploppy
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1:06am Tue 14 Feb 12
capt.stout wrote:Oh dear, got a little confused with our tenses did we? Read it again you banana.
Nice to know the drinking was against their beliefs but supplying drugs doesn't come into it, say's a lot I think.
Darkforbid
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8:47am Tue 14 Feb 12
Parveez
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6:55pm Tue 14 Feb 12
simplicissimus
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12:02am Thu 16 Feb 12
xjohnx
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6:57pm Thu 16 Feb 12
Darkforbid wrote:Go back to the mothership please!
Anyway the traffic of this drug was legal until science learnt to copy it, then it was made illegal to protect the labs producing it, profits
xjohnx
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7:00pm Thu 16 Feb 12
mrploppy wrote:Worry less about the english usage and more about the drug dealers on our streets.
capt.stout wrote:Oh dear, got a little confused with our tenses did we? Read it again you banana.
Nice to know the drinking was against their beliefs but supplying drugs doesn't come into it, say's a lot I think.
Nice sentiment Mrploppy.
Waggler says...
8:17pm Mon 13 Feb 12