A drug dealer who was found in possession of cocaine and cannabis tried to evade justice by giving police a false name. When police searched his home they found a number of expensive watches, a quad bike and electric bike, and a money-counting machine.
Nazrul Amin, 32, was spotted by police in Newport at 1.30am on April 1 while driving a BMW X5 which was "of interest" to the authorities. When he reached Rogerstone the car came to a stop and he was approached by the officers.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard the defendant gave the false name of Mohammed Alim and his car was searched. Police recovered a quantity of cash, two mobile phones, and white powder in the central console which was found to be 0.55g of cocaine and nine individual deals of cocaine weighing between 0.5g and 0.7g each.
