A drug seller who was caught making an attempt to promote cocaine in Stoke-on-Trent has been sentenced.
Lukman Khan, 23, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested by officers in October 2019 when somebody reported him performing suspiciously within the Tesco automobile park in Longton.
We searched his BMW and located money and 18 packages of cocaine. He tried to throw a cellphone burner however did not mislead the officers.
In custody we searched his coat pocket and located round £700 in money.
Then, in April 2020, officers searched a highway outdoors Ayreshire Grove following data that medicine could possibly be hidden there. We discovered quite a lot of cocaine, with an estimated road worth of as much as £2,300.
Khan's DNA was discovered on the cocaine packaging after it was forensically examined.
The full estimated worth of the cocaine seized within the case is estimated to be price between £2,150 and £2,840.
Khan was charged with two counts of possession with intent to provide cocaine and brought to court docket, the place he admitted the offences.
He was sentenced to 2 years in jail, suspended for 18 months, at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Courtroom on Thursday (August 1). He was additionally ordered to hold out 250 hours of unpaid work and a surcharge of £149 alongside the destruction of the medicine and the seizure of £1,965 in money.
We proceed to deal with organized crime in Staffordshire as a part of our ongoing Operation Goal.
Because it was launched final yr, now we have arrested greater than 1,000 individuals suspected of drug and weapons offences.
Officers proceed to work proactively to focus on teams and people chargeable for high-impact crimes, together with drug distribution throughout county strains, unlawful firearms exercise, fashionable slavery and cyber-crime in our county.
