Dealer back in jail as heroin sale seen in street
A PROLIFIC dealer, previously sentenced to over 20 years in prison for the supply of Class A drugs, has been taken off the streets once more after police caught him selling heroin.
During a hearing held at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Graham Reeds QC sentenced Bakish Khan to a total of five years, eight months in prison for two counts of possession with intent to supply heroin.
This was Khan’s third conviction for the supply of Class A drugs, following a 15-year sentence for conspiracy to supply heroin in 2007 and a six-year sentence in 2003 for possession with intent to supply heroin.
Khan’s latest offence came to light at around 12.55pm on October 12 last year, when plainclothed officers witnessed Khan engaging in a drug deal in Abbeyfield Road, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, said Carl Fitch, prosecuting.
“The defendant was arrested on the roadside and his car searched. In a black bag was a tin containing 23 grams of heroin.
“After a brief struggle he was detained,” said Mr Fitch, adding: “His accommodation was searched, and in there was a carrier bag containing 62.7 grams of heroin, bringing the total to 87.5 grams of heroin.”
Under police interview, Khan, of Firshill Road, Pitsmoor initially claimed the heroin was for his own personal use, but subsequently pleaded guilty to the two offences of possession with intent to supply at an earlier hearing.
Talbir Singh, defending, told the court that a number of people had made references on Khan’s behalf, and referred to a letter that Khan himself had written to Judge Reeds.
Judge Reeds said: “There are many people who have clearly seen another side of you, but unfortunately the part of you that resorts to street dealing has to be punished.”