A DRUG dealer caught with thousands of pounds worth of crack cocaine and heroin was jailed for 28 months.

Rodelle Clarke, 28, of Edale Road, Birmingham, was arrested by police at Banbury Railway Station at about midday on Thursday, February, 15 along with another man, who was not charged.

The pair were seen acting suspiciously near the ticket machines.

Prosecutor Alexandra Bull told Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday that whilst he was in the back of the patrol car Clarke told officers: ‘I do not lie, I have drugs on me.’

He was searched and was found to be in possession of 21.44g of crack cocaine, divided into wraps of varying purity up to 83 per cent.

Clarke also had 7.58g of heroin, two hand rolled cigarettes containing 1.4g of cannabis and £600 in cash.

The crack cocaine was thought to have a street value of between £1,470 and £2,940 whilst the heroin was worth £470.

Clarke plead guilty to two counts of intent to supply class A drugs and one count of possessing cannabis.

Judge Nigel Daly said the case appeared to be an example of ‘county lines’ where gangs or individuals target areas outside of where they live to sell drugs, reducing the risk of detection.

Sentencing Clarke, who was appearing via video link from Bullingdon Prison, he said: “It is quite clear you were in the process of dealing in the streets of north Oxfordshire.

“These were very dangerous drugs that have the potential to cause harm.”

Clarke has only lived in the UK for two years, staying with his brother in Birmingham and has no previous convictions.

In mitigation, defence barrister Graham Bennett said Clarke had ‘fallen in to bad company’ after losing his job in retail.

Judge Daly added: “This is the first time you have got yourself in to trouble and you are going immediately to prison.”