Drug dealer carried cocaine and heroin into PROBATION meeting

Umar Ismail, who had been released from a 42-month prison sentence early in April 2014 after being charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin, was brought before Wolverhampton Crown Court on the exact same charges again.

Ismail. 32, from Farndale Avenue, Wolverhampton, had been attending a probation meeting required of him as part of his early release, with a wrap of cocaine in his pocket, when police searched him.

A subsequent search of the room he lived in at his parents'house found he had £3,500 worth of drugs stored and ready to sell.

Prosecuting, Paul Spratt, said: "Police officers searched Ismail as he made his way into a probation meeting, as part of his requirements agreed by the court.

"They found a single wrap of cocaine on him and a single wrap of heroin. Both were the sort of size that might be sold on the streets. This prompted a search to be carried out at Ismail's home. What was found there pointed to this man obviously being a street dealer."

Police found 21 grams of cocaine, 62 wraps of crack cocaine and 15 grams of heroin, as well as £340 in cash, in Ismail's room.

Defence solicitor Duncan Craig said that the dealer had 'fallen in with the wrong crowd' before his previous sentence and had done so again after his release. He said: "This is something that has come as a shock to my client's family. He comes from a good background, he has family in the law and medical trades and he has the full support of his mother and father.

"He simply fell into the wrong crowd before his sentence in 2014 and after his release he did the same again.

"He knows that he needs to sort this problem out when he comes out next time."

Judge Amjad Nawaz said he had to 'make it clear' to Ismail that drug dealing will not be tolerated.

He said: "What was found clearly indicated you were involved in street dealing.

"What makes this case so unacceptable is that you had not long been released from prison for committing the exact same offence.

"You were not being honest with your probation officer and you were caught.

"You set up this operation on your own for financial gain.

"I have to make it clear that drug dealing will not be tolerated, you should know that longer and longer sentences are being given out for this activity."

Ismail was sentenced to a total of 56 months in prison.