Drug-dealer who was caught with heroin and crack-cocaine in Sheffield has been jailed

Sheffield Crown Court heard yesterday, Tuesday, April 14, how Alkader Mohammed, formerly of Chesterfield Road, Woodseats, Sheffield, was found at flat in Sheffield with hundreds of pounds in cash and multiple wraps of heroin and crack-cocaine on March 18.

Beverly Wright, prosecuting, said: “Police entered an address – a second floor flat – on March 18, at 7.30pm, and forced entry and walked into a living room and saw the defendant with another.”

Mrs Wright added that Mohammed, now of no fixed address, was found with multiple wraps of heroin and crack-cocaine, as well as £1,935 in cash and a phone.

The defendant, who has previous convictions including supplying cannabis, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing class A drugs concerning the heroin and crack-cocaine with intent to supply.

Ian Goldsack, defending, said Mohammed was drawn into dealing because he had accrued a drug-debt through his own cannabis misuse.

Mr Goldsack added: “It appears to be a drugs debt acquired through cannabis misuse and subsequently he stopped using drugs but had the debt and was pressed into supplying drugs and was arrested.”

He added: “He had a debt left behind him and he was pressed into supplying drugs on this occasion.”

Judge Sarah Wright sentenced Mohammed to 32 months of custody.

She told him: “You were found in your flat with a substantial amount of cash and a large amount of class A drugs including crack-cocaine and heroin which you were dealing.”

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