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A DRUG dealer who tried to hide wraps of heroin under his false teeth has been jailed.
Jamie Lloyd, 38, failed to conceal the substance when he was arrested.
Police who stopped the crook said: “In the back of a police van, Lloyd showed officers wraps of Class A drugs hiding under his false teeth.
“Before officers could act, Lloyd swallowed the drugs and was quickly taken to hospital, where it was found he was in possession of 90 wraps of Class A drugs, £700 cash and two mobile phones.”
Sheffield Crown Court heard that Lloyd, of Barnsley, South Yorks, was involved in drug supply in the town centre.
He was jailed for fourand-a-half years.
SAINSBURY’S yesterday suffered an IT glitch that left thousands of people without their shopping.
Customers were unable to pay by card in many branches and most online orders were scrapped.
Sainsbury’s, the UK’S second biggest grocery chain with 600 supermarkets and more than 800 convenience stores, blamed an “error with an overnight software update”.
Staff directed customers to ATMS outside but some machines ran out of cash.
Shoppers also complained that they weren’t told of any problems until they got to the
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DRIVERS – and cyclists – are having their patience tested this weekend as the M25 is partially closed, causing travel chaos.
Traffic is being diverted from a five-mile stretch of the motorway, near Weybridge, Surrey, to allow for a bridge to be demolished.
Until the road reopens at 6am tomorrow, motorists have to follow an 11-mile diversion – with delays of up to five hours expected on the surrounding tills. In Northfleet, Kent, one tweeted: “The shop is in chaos, cash only, cash machines not working, horrendous queues at roads. It is the first time all lanes of London’s orbital motorway have been closed in daytime since the M25 opened in 1986.
Yesterday, motorway traffic leading to the junction was down to one lane, causing tailbacks of up to two miles.
National Highways’ Jonathan Wade said: “Drivers should only use the M25 if their journey is absolutely necessary.”
Four more sections of the
M25 are due to be closed between May and December. checkout.” Retired teacher Iain Sankey, from East Dulwich, South East London, said: “Luckily I had enough cash but was astonished to find there were still no manned tills.” Argos, which is owned by
Sainsbury’s, was also affected, forcing some stores to close early.
Jessica Sambrook, who was in Argos in nearby Charlton, said: “I saw this guy counting out £400 in notes for an iphone and thought he must be a gangster until I realised what was going on.”
And at a Sainsbury’s Local in Tottenham Court Road, London, New Zealand tourist Connor Hassan, 25, said: “If no one took a card, I couldn’t eat today. Whenever someone only takes cash, it feels seedy.”
Tesco also axed deliveries yesterday because of an unrelated technical issue.
And a day earlier, Mcdonald’s experienced an IT outage that left customers unable to order food. Sainsbury’s apologised for the inconvenience.