London drug dealer jailed after being caught in car with 20k in cash and 1.5kg of cocaine

A antheral who was recovered with cocaine and £80,000 successful currency successful westbound London has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

Gleni Goleci, 27, was stopped by officers from the Met and the National Crime Agency connected Pottery Road successful Kew past month.

When they searched the Hyundai helium was driving, they recovered 1.5kilos of cocaine and astir £20,000 successful currency successful a hidden compartment successful his boot, operated by a bid of buttons which could lone beryllium pressed successful a circumstantial order.

When officers raided a level successful Holland Gardens, Brentford, connected to Goleci, they recovered a further six kilos of cocaine hidden down a furniture and wrong a sofa, arsenic good arsenic astir £60,000 successful cash.

They besides recovered a replica Colt aerial pistol, scales, a knife, a notebook with "tick-list" and a ample container of disposable gloves.

The 7.5 kilos of drugs had an estimated thoroughfare worth of £350,000.

Goleci, an Albanian amerciable migrant with nary fixed UK abode, was arrested and charged with drugs and possession of transgression spot offences.

Andrew Tickner, of the National Crime Agency, said: "Our superior intent is to the support Londoners from harmful offenders similar Gleni Goleci.

"The superior criminality helium was progressive successful fuels violence, intimidation and exploitation successful communities.

"The NCA and Metropolitan Police proceed to enactment successful concern to disrupt the organised transgression groups down cause trafficking.

"Our committedness to pursuing the astir harmful criminals is relentless, and we volition proceed to bring them to justice."