A drug dealer has been jailed after admitting supplying cocaine in Ilkeston. Grady Mabika-Blessing, of Westleigh Road, in the Aspley area of Nottingham, was arrested after attempting to run from police as they investigated suspicious activity at a house in Blackburn Place, Ilkeston, on January 17.
Officers found a bag of what was believed to be drugs on the front doorstep of the house and, when body-worn video from police officers at the scene was reviewed, it was found that Mabika-Blessing had dropped it as he attempted to run from them. The 41 wraps of drugs in the house were tested and found to be crack cocaine.
Further evidence of his drug dealing was found on the 22-year-old's iPhone. Including photos of him accompanied by text talking about “bagging up” - the term for portioning the drugs for sale.
