Convicted drug dealer absconds

A CONVICTED drug dealer who boasted of flash cars and guns while on the run in Pakistan has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire.

The 36-year-old convict named Adnan Raja Khan (above) could not be traced during the lunchtime roll call at HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire on Thursday (28), the BBC reported.

He has served just three of his 12 years of sentence in Britain for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

Police have appealed to the public to help track the crime lord by contacting the police in case they spotted him anywhere. This is not the first time that Khan managed to flee. According to Daily Mail, he left the UK in December 2016 after his former girlfriend Amy Schreder from Leicestershire was caught with more than a kilogram of high-quality cocaine, crack cocaine, cutting agents, and cash worth £46,000.

Dramatic scenes followed later when the police tried to stop Khan due to his alleged links to the drugs seizure. A wild chase took place in the Fosse Park and Narborough Road area and it even saw a family car landing in danger although none of its passengers were seriously injured.

Despite this, and being found with cannabis, Khan was released on bail the next day where he fled to Pakistan and failed to attend court, in January 2017 – something the judge branded ‘remarkable’ at the time. He taunted the police with photos on social media during 15 months on the run. He posed in front of expensive cars sporting designer watches and a variety of guns. He also posted taunting messages on Instagram, such as: “They say my whole team is under investigation but you know what I say, the wise man always gets away.”

Khan was caught in a flat in Syston, Leicestershire, after he returned to the UK in 2018 along with heroin and cocaine.