A DRUG dealer who hid dozens of bags of Class A drugs from police between his buttocks has been sent to jail.

Brian Loggoh-Robertson, 23, of Kennedy House in Orchard Way, Banbury, was caught with 23 wraps of heroin and seven wraps of cocaine – with a street value of £370 – by police officers at Banbury railway station on June 5.

He was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday to 12 months in jail, adding to the 28-month sentence he is already serving for a drug offence in March.

Nick Doherty, prosecuting, told the court that Loggoh-Robertson was wanted for failing to answer bail for the previous drug allegation at the time of his arrest.

Police were alerted by an off-duty officer, who spotted him at the railway station.

Officers prevented him from leaving in a taxi and as they tried to arrest him, Loggoh-Robertson put his hands down the back of his trousers. Drugs were then found hidden between his buttocks and were seized along with £93 in cash.

Loggoh-Robertson pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court to two offences of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply on September 25.

In August, he was sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty in March to an earlier charge of possessing Class A drugs, including crack cocaine, with intent to supply.

Defending, Gareth James said Loggoh-Robertson had been under pressure from drug suppliers to pay back money he lost when he was previously arrested.

He said: “The unfortunate fact is that dealers don’t always take arrest as an occupational hazard and say to those lower down the chain that they are responsible for losses.” Mr James said the defendant had a drug addiction, but was undergoing drug and alcohol rehabilitation in prison.

Passing sentence, Judge Eccles said: “The quantity wasn’t the biggest seize on the streets, but it’s plain from your background that you were a regular street dealer of these drugs. Drug dealers will prey on people like you and spread this harm around the community.”

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