Bristol drug dealer jailed for 11 years
A Bristol man has been jailed for 11 years for conspiracy to supply heroin.
Islam Rouf was arrested after police stopped his vehicle travelling on the M4 heading towards Gloucester. Inside the vehicle officers recovered £10,000 in cash, a baseball bat and a telescopic baton.
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Islam Rouf
The money seized was found to be heavily contaminated with heroin and amphetamine.
The case was linked to the discovery of a quarter of a kilo of heroin at a property in Stapleton Road, Easton.
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Unusually the heroin had been compressed into cylinders. Officers believe that this was done to aid importation and conceal the heroin, given its high purity level.
Officers later attended an address in Kimberley Close, Downend, and discovered five kilograms of heroin, again packed in cylinders.
Juned Ali and Neirmal Singh were both convicted of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and sentenced to imprisonment in 2010.
Now, following a two-week trial, a jury at Bristol Crown Court has also found Rouf, aged 35 and from Kingswood, guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin.
Detective Inspector Simon Wilstead said Rouf's conviction bought to a close a lengthy and complex police investigation spanning a number of forces across the UK.
He said: "A quarter of a million pounds worth of heroin and £60,000 pounds in cash were recovered which will leave a sizeable dent in the organised crime group responsible for importing the drugs.
"Most importantly from the investigative perspective is to have been able to convict one of the principal organisers who has used other more vulnerable individuals to transport and handle the illicit product."
Anyone with information on drugs or crime in their area is urged to contact police on 101.
Comments
by nolistentome
Friday, May 11 2012, 11:46AM
“bye rouf.......its great to be out here in the sun wandering around easton......anyway wonder what you are doing right now!..reading a book....watching tv....chatting through your locked door....wondering when you will get a visit.....writing a letter maybe.......thinking about the cash you once had but got greedy......oh well maybe your mates will spend it for you while you are in there cause you dont need it anymore do you...............HA HA HA HA HA HA”
by moonetta
Friday, April 27 2012, 11:54PM
“sure he worked for a curry house ??”
by mr_b_collins
Friday, April 27 2012, 11:37PM
“drug dealers should be fed their own drugs. and then thrown into a deep dark hole and left there. They prey on the weak people and deal in misery and despair and are responsible for the countries problems.
good riddance to yet one more piece of trash”
by AnotherOther
Friday, April 27 2012, 8:25PM
“And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one bites the dust”
by FOX_Joe
Friday, April 27 2012, 7:19PM
“Congratulations to the police for taking this man off the streets.
A good sentence too!”