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A drug dealer was rumbled after police found a huge stash of heroin - worth £1.9m - hidden in secret compartments in his Citroen Berlingo van.
Khalil Mohammed, 40, is now starting a long prison sentence. A court heard that in September last year, surveillance officers linked Mohammed to the van.
Police said he was seen driving the Citroen back and forth from his home address in Rochdale, and 'kept accessing the rear of the vehicle'. Subsequent checks by officers revealed he was a banned driver and he was arrested.
The keys to the van were found and, in a search, officers found 11 block-shaped and seven lozenge-shaped brown parcels 'secreted' inside. A GMP spokesman said: "When tested, these parcels were found to contain approximately 19 kilos of heroin – with a street value of £1.9 million."
Mohammed, of Alicia Drive, Rochdale, was jailed for nine years and seven months last week by a judge sitting at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court for possession with intent to supply class A drugs, namely heroin, as well as three counts of driving whilst disqualified. He pleaded guilty to all the charges he faced and was sentenced last Thursday.
In a statement, GMP said: "The court heard how, on the 8 September 2022, officers observed Mohammed going to and from a Citroen Berlingo van. He was seen driving the van back and forth from his home address and kept accessing the rear of the vehicle.
"PNC checks on Mohammed revealed that he had been disqualified from driving on the 18 March 2022, a ban which should have lasted until 17 December 2022. He was arrested a short time later, on Thursday 8 September 2022 and was found to be in possession of a set of keys for the Citroen Berlingo van, which was located further up Alicia Drive.
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