Drug dealers sentenced after cocaine found in underwear in Surrey

Mohammed Miah,
-Credit: (Image: Surrey Police)


Two dealers have been sentenced after a spot search found class A drugs in a pair a underwear. Plain clothes officers were patrolling the Farnham area in April when they spotted a high-performance VW Golf at a petrol station. Their checks showed it as being from out of the county and on approach they could smell a strong scent of cannabis.

This led officers to search the car were they found a packet of suspected cannabis, cash, and a large glass container which also smelt of cannabis. Messages visible on the driver's mobile phone also revealed a potential involvement in a county drugs line and the supply of Class A drugs.

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Suleyman Rajab, aged 26 and from Hackney, was arrested and taken to Guildford custody where a search of his person found a package containing wraps of suspected crack cocaine stuffed in his underwear.

He was charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. He was remanded to court the next day and pleaded guilty to all offences.

Further investigation identified a second man - Mohammed Miah, aged 28 and from Walthamstow - as being involved in the running of the county drugs line Rajab was working for.

Miah was charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin and pleaded guilty to both offences. In June Miah appeared at Guildford Crown Court and was sentenced to four years in prison. Rajab remained on remand and this month was sentenced to 16 months prison sentence suspended for two years.

PC Matt Webb, from West Surrey’s Proactive CID, said: "We are always working to identify and dismantle organised crime networks and drug supply lines coming into Surrey. If anyone has information or concerns regarding the supply or use of drugs in their local area, please come forward and report it to us so we can continue building up our intelligence picture and targeting those people who bring nothing but harm into our communities.”

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