A DEALER’S drug stash was found after he fired an air gun out of his window at a passing taxi.
Police attending the scene found a quantity of cocaine at Luke Alford’s Abingdon home.
The 23-year-old was yesterday unanimously convicted by jurors at Oxford Crown Court of possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply.
He had already entered a guilty plea to one count of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Alford aimed the “self-loading carbon dioxide air gun” at Saqlain Ahmed Shah from the window of his home in Grebe Close.
The incident took place on August 5 last year.
Judge Mary Jane Mowat ordered pre-sentence reports and told jurors: “He also needs to be sentenced for possession of an air gun.
“He shot out of the window at a taxi, which is what brought the police to his house in the first place.”
Judge Mowat adjourned sentencing until Thursday, July 12, and told Alford: “I make it absolutely plain that I see no alternative to a custodial sentence.”
She said a prison term of about two years would be appropriate and remanded him in custody.
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