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Sophie Corcoran

Leeds drug dealer and dad-of-four tried to hide heroin up his bum

A Leeds judge told a man "It's not much being a role model as a drug dealer" after hearing he had put drugs between him bum cheeks to avoid detection.

Ashley Edeson, 33, was spotted by eagle-eyed officers carrying out a drug deal in Armley on August 5, 2020. He was in a silver Mercedes that managed to evade officers for a time before they caught up with it.

Prosecutor, Samuel Ponniah, told Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday that when the car was once again seen, it was pulled over. He said: "He [Edeson] was found with cash and a mobile phone. He was searched and officers asked if he had any drugs and he said he did and they were secreted in his bum cheeks. Found was a number of wraps of crack cocaine and heroin."

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