A drug dealer who was found with more than £30,000 of cocaine for street dealing and a 'Taser' has been jailed. Adil Rafiq was stopped by police in Bolton town centre on July 10 this year for being drunk and disorderly, but after a search of him found cocaine and a large amount of cash, officers decided to search his home where more drugs, cash, and a 'stun gun' were found.
Bolton Crown Court heard that Rafiq had been struggling with drug and alcohol abuse in the months leading up to his arrest. This led to him first of all being paid to store drugs in his house on Bradford Road, Bolton, before being paid to deal on the streets.
A search of his house found a 1kg block of cocaine in the 27-year-old's bedroom, worth £28,000, with other snap bags of the drug found taking the total to £30,875 that he had. In the search police also found a mobile phone with messages relating to drug dealing on and an 'electric stun device', prosecutor Simon Barrett told the hearing.
