Dealer who hid drugs in a Kinder Egg jailed for three years

A Fiat Punto being driven by 25-year-old Ikram Razaq with Fehzaan Azam, aged 19, travelling as a back seat passenger was stopped by police shortly before midnight, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard this week.

Mr Mark Rees, prosecuting, said the officers who halted the motor in Causeway Green Road, Oldbury, at 11.50pm on January 17 saw the younger man trying to hide something in the waist band of his trousers.

This turned out to be 31 wraps of cannabis, worth a total of £310, prompting a dog handler to be called to the scene to search the vehicle.

A Kinder Egg containing more than £300 worth of crack and heroin belonging to Razaq was concealed near the handbrake.

His home was then raided and a further haul of heroin valued at £1,200 was unearthed in his bedroom, continued Mr Rees.

Last week a Wolverhampton man was jailed for hiding £1,000 of cocaine and heroin in his backside.

Azam, who had a piece of paper dated four days earlier with a list of names and amounts money owed by individuals, admitted selling the drug to a circle of friends.

Miss Raj Punia, defending Razaq, declared: "He took the naive and stupid decision to sell drugs to get out of significant financial difficulty."

She said the money trouble stemmed from the defendant taking out a £800 loan shortly before the firm he worked for went into liquidation owing him wages.

Razaq from Apollo Road, Oldbury, who had a previous conviction for dishonesty, admitted possessing crack and heroin with intent to supply and was jailed for three years.

Judge Michael Challinor told him: "You were intent on street dealing and this is a very serious offence. People must understand that, no matter what the mitigation, if they trade in Class A drugs, they will go to prison."

Azam, of Marshall Street, Smethwick admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply but the judge said: "This is a very different case. You were involved in selling a lower class of drug to a circle of friends."

Azam, who had no previous convictions, was given a 12 month community order under supervision with 120 hours unpaid work and £250 costs.

In July West Midlands Police uncovered £50,000 of crack cocaine in two house raids.