Leeds crack dealer who sold to police warned that jail is inevitable

By Nick Frame
Published 27th Sep 2022, 11:45 BST
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A crack cocaine dealer has been warned he faces jail after he was stung by undercover officers in Leeds.

Street dealer Saleh Hamid became a target during a West Yorkshire Police operation, selling Class A drugs on several occasions to an officer who would visit his home on Kimberley Place in Harehills.

The 21-year-old admits selling crack to the man on five occasions, and one of selling heroin between August and September last year.

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He also admitted dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and two counts of dealing Class B drugs. This came after police tried to pull him over as he drove a Mercedes through Leeds in July of last year.

Hamid sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer (Getty Images) . .. . - This "drug of the poor" has been wreaking havoc in the north-east of the capital for thirty years. Over the past 18 months, the authorities have been stepping up initiatives to try to curb the use of this smokable derivative of cocaine: reinforced police patrols, arrests of traffickers, accommodation for drug addicts but these efforts have so far been largely unsuccessful. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)Hamid sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer (Getty Images) . .. . - This "drug of the poor" has been wreaking havoc in the north-east of the capital for thirty years. Over the past 18 months, the authorities have been stepping up initiatives to try to curb the use of this smokable derivative of cocaine: reinforced police patrols, arrests of traffickers, accommodation for drug addicts but these efforts have so far been largely unsuccessful. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)
Hamid sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer (Getty Images) . .. . - This "drug of the poor" has been wreaking havoc in the north-east of the capital for thirty years. Over the past 18 months, the authorities have been stepping up initiatives to try to curb the use of this smokable derivative of cocaine: reinforced police patrols, arrests of traffickers, accommodation for drug addicts but these efforts have so far been largely unsuccessful. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

He ran red lights before eventually losing control of the car. After fleeing on foot the police eventually detained him, prosecutor Austin Newman told Leeds Crown Court was told.

On him they found £300 in cash and a quantity of cannabis and amphetamine separated into street deals.

They also found a phone containing messages related to drug dealing.

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