A MAN caught in Oxford city centre with 25 wraps of Class A drugs has denied trying to sell them.

Carlos Jameson, of Ashurst Way, Oxford, admitted two counts of possession of Class A drugs – crack cocaine and heroin, yesterday.

The 26-year old, however, denies drug dealing and two further counts of possession with intent to supply.

Oxford Crown Court heard as his trial began yesterday how Jameson was first stopped by police on April 5 this year while he was at High Street along with two others.

Police were on the lookout for him, the court heard, and he was wanted on recall back to prison.

When he was stopped, jurors were told, police decided to carry out a search and discovered wraps totalling £250 in Class A drugs hidden in his jacket and trouser pockets.

Outlining the case to the jury panel yesterday, prosecutor Charles Ward-Jackson said that the number of pre-packaged wraps was evidence that Jameson was peddling the drugs.

He said: “The crown say that this is a typical dealers stash.

“[Jameson] accepts having them – that it is against the law, that he is guilty of these two counts.

“But the prosecution say he is guilty of a more serious offence – that of having them with the intent to supply them.”

Of the drugs seized, the court heard, a single wrap of heroin valued at £10 was first discovered in a jacket pocket along with another wrap of crack cocaine valued at £10.

On further investigation police found a further 14 wraps of crack cocaine in a trouser pocket and eight wraps of heroin, all in deal bags valued at £10.

Jameson denies both counts of supplying drugs and the trial, expected to last two days, continues.