Bungling Albanian drug dealer stopped with child in car tried to run away

[dutchman]

The 28-year-old man was caught after Warwickshire Road Policing Unit saw a car on the A444



A Coventry [sic] drug dealer received texts warning the 'po po' were stopping cars in Nuneaton - but still got caught, and with a child in the car too. Elsae Driaj tried to flee as police arrested him.

A co-ordinator tipped him off about police activity. The Coventry resident received a text saying: "Just letting you know po-po stopping cars on Edward Street, Princes Street and Queens Road. Heads up x'.

But the 28-year-old man from Cossington Road, Coventry still ended up being caught. On January 16, officers from Warwickshire Road Policing Unit clocked a car travelling along the A444 towards Nuneaton on the Griff roundabout.

The car had a marker for drug supply activity and they followed it and eventually pulled it over in the park the Jubilee Sports Centre in Greenmoor Road. Inside the car were three people – Driaj, another male passenger, and a young child. Driaj, who was at that time disqualified from driving, initially provided false details about himself to the officers.

When he was told he would be detained for a search and handcuffed, Driaj actively resisted and attempted to run away. But he was arrested.

Officers found he had 102 bags of cocaine, £110 in cash, and two smartphones. Inside the car a small amount of cannabis was found in the centre console, along with a further £125 cash.

Following Driaj’s arrest, police raided his home in Coventry where more cannabis and several large canisters of nitrous oxide were found and seized. Having checked the mobile phones, police uncovered the messages he received about places to deal and the 'tip offs' where to avoid the 'po po'

On March 18, he was sentenced to 34 months in prison at Warwick Crown Court and is also required to pay a victims’ surcharge of £187 in total. He was sentenced on charges of possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of cannabis, possession of nitrous oxide canisters (now a class C drug), being concerned in the supply of cocaine, driving whilst disqualified, and driving without insurance.

Speaking after the court sentencing, DC Gordon said “Driaj is the tip of a criminal network which inevitably surrounds the sale of cocaine – a substance soaked in misery and blood from its production in the tropics to its arrival and distribution in the UK. His sentence is reflective of his involvement with this level of criminal activity, and we hope it serves as a warning to anyone involved or seeking involvement with the illicit drug trade.”

[dutchman]

From 14th December 2015:

Christmas Eve drug dealer from Ilford caught with cocaine in underwear

A drug dealer caught with wraps of cocaine in his underwear on Christmas Eve has been jailed for three years.

Elsaed Driaj, 20, of Wellesley Road, Ilford, was sentenced at Southend Crown Court on to three years’ imprisonment for possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession of cannabis.

He also forfeited £640 cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

The court heard how on Christmas Eve last year officers were called to a car park in Union Road, Romford just before 10pm to reports of a car believed to used for drug dealing.

When the officers arrived, they could smell cannabis coming from the car in which Driaj and his passenger were sitting.

As the 20-year-old passenger got out of the vehicle to speak to police, officers could see a bag of cannabis in the passenger door.

More cannabis was found in the driver’s door after a search.

Both Driaj and the passenger were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply and taken to an east London police station, where Driaj was found to be in possession of 38 wraps of a white powder – later confirmed as cocaine – hidden in his underwear.

Police also seized a large sum of money and several mobile phones from him.

Albanian-born Driaj was charged on May 7 with possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of cannabis and possession of criminal property.

His 20-year-old male passenger was cautioned on May 7 for possession of cannabis.

[rebbonk]

Aren't we 'enriched' by all these immigrants? Don't they make our country so much better?

[dutchman]

I'm sure most Albanians in this country are perfectly law-abiding but why was this one not deported after his first serious conviction?

[rebbonk]

I'm a great believer in 1 strike and out.

If you want to come and live here, behave, abide by the laws of the land, integrate and don't bring (or recreate) the 'problems' you are fleeing from, and finally, enjoy your stay with us. Unfortunately, far too many don't do this.