Delveer Sadhra, 30, from Erdington, was jailed after officers seized crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis and cashDelveer Sadhra, 30, from Erdington, Birmingham

Officers stopped a drug dealer on the M6 after witnessing his crime in action.

Delveer Sadhra, from Erdington was jailed after police officers saw him drug dealing in Stafford in April.

The 30-year-old was initially stopped and searched in the town on January 31, when officers found cocaine, a mobile phone and cash.

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A raid on a nearby address uncovered cocaine, heroin, cannabis and scales. Then, on Wednesday, April 16, Staffordshire Police major and organised crime proactive team saw Sadhra “hand over cash to the driver of a car in Stafford”.

He was then seen getting into the back of the vehicle which left after a few seconds. The same vehicle was later stopped on the M6 in Walsall, police said.

Sadhra was arrested as officers visited an address in the town. Inside the property, they found cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis, scales, phones and other drug paraphernalia.

Sadhra was sentenced to two-years-and-seven-months in prison at Stafford Crown Court on Thursday, October 16 after pleading guilty to:

  • Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A (cocaine)
  • Two counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A (heroin)
  • Possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class B (cannabis)
  • Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis)
  • Possession of a controlled drug of class A (cocaine) and acquiring/using/possessing criminal property at an earlier hearing