Dealer found storing £125,000 of drugs in Leeds lock-up garage and Transit van
A dealer was caught storing huge amounts of drugs in a van and a lock-up garage on a Leeds street.
Mohammed Bashir was jailed at Leeds Crown Court where it was heard he has a previous conviction for drug dealing.
Police raided the 27-year-old’s home on Lawrence Road, Gipton - where he lives with his parents - on December 10 last year and initially found cannabis worth £8,500 in his bedroom.
They also found a key to a van and a garage key. They traced a Ford Transit to Hilton Street in Chapel Allerton which the van key fitted, along with a garage.
Between the van the garage, they uncovered £83,000 worth of heroin, £36,000 of high-purity cocaine, £10,000 worth of ketamine and £80 worth of MDMA.
During the thorough search of his home they also found designer clothing and shoes. Mobile phones were also seized with one linked to a known drugs line.
Prosecutor Louise Pryke said Bashir was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for 24 months in 2024 after he was caught dealing drugs from his car.
Bashir appeared in court over a video link from HMP Leeds after admitting three new offences of dealing in Class A drugs, and two of dealing in Class B drugs.
Mitigating, Imran Khan said Bashir had shown promise as a teenager, achieving A-stars in GCSEs and studying computer science at university, but dropped out after one year.
By that time he had started taking drugs and built up a debt, so became involved in drug dealing.
Mr Khan said: “He realises he will go to custody for some time. More so, he understands the impact on his family.
“He has learned the errors of his ways. He is still a relatively young man.”
The judge, Recorder Nathan Moxon questioned the drug-debt claim, given the amount of designer clothing found at Bashir’s home.
He jailed him for four-and-a-half years.