Drug dealers who rammed police vehicle in Dudley jailed
Two drug dealers who were found with more than 250 wraps of cocaine and heroin worth nearly £6,000 when they rammed a police car after being snared in a sting operation have been jailed for a more than seven years.
Chaudary Shaban and Morrad Hussain were dealing drugs from a stolen Volkswagen Golf, in Baptist End Road, Dudley, when they were spotted by police. Police had pulled up in front of the car when the driver Shaban accelerated towards them.
Mr Darron Whitehead, prosecuting, told Wolverhampton Crown Court when Shaban realised he was 'not going to win the battle', he reversed and sped away. But the dealers found themselves in a dead end in Bank Road, so Hussain, of Himley Road, Dudley, ran away and was not arrested until weeks later.
Shaban, aged 35, of Corbett Street, Smethwick, was still in the car when officers swooped on January 6.
Some 61 wraps of heroin and 68 of crack cocaine were stashed in the doors and footwells of the vehicle, while another 92 had been thrown into bushes. A stun gun was also discovered in the car, along with £761 in cash.
DNA from a pair of trainers left behind led police to Hussain, and when they raided his home on February 21 another 10 heroin wraps and 11 cocaine wraps were under his bed.
A total of £12,500 cash was spread across the seven-bedroom property, but Hussain denied this was his.
In total 173 crack cocaine wraps and 79 of heroin were found in the pair's possession.
Shaban, who has two children, told police he was a paid driver for a drug dealer, but insisted the drugs were not his, the court heard.
Mr Earl Pinnock, defending Shaban, said his client 'accepted his situation' and knew he faced jail.
Hussain, aged 29, had fled the scene with the drugs found under his bed but he refused to accept responsibility for the cash, said Mr Simon Rippon, defending.
Shaban admitted possession with intent to supply of heroin and cocaine, with dangerous driving and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Hussain admitted two charges of possessing heroin with intent to supply and two of possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
Shaban was jailed for 45 months for the drugs offences, and three months each for the stun gun and driving. Hussain got 30 months for the initial drugs charges and a further six months for charges relating to drugs found in his home.
