26-year-old drug runner Gezim Bajrami has been jailed for supplying Class A drugs to the Isle of Wight.
Bajrami was stopped in a car by police in Ryde on 17th February this year, which eventually led to this week’s prison sentence of 21 months.
Portsmouth Crown Court heard that when officers searched the vehicle – which Bajrami was not insured to drive – they found 7 bags of cocaine. Bajrami himself was also found to be under the influence of the Class A drug.
2 days later, Magistrates disqualified Bajrami from driving, while the police investigation into the drugs supply continued.
On 6th March, Bajrami was again observed driving in the Ryde area by police. When officers stopped the car, Bajrami was found to have been smoking cannabis whilst driving, the court heard. Searches of the vehicle led to the discovery of a package of cocaine.
Bajrami was later charged with 2 counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply, 2 counts of driving without insurance, possession of cannabis, and driving whilst disqualified. He pleaded guilty to all of the offences and claimed that he had been collecting the drugs from the mainland and transporting them to the Island for a third party, for onward distribution.
Appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday (30th September), Bajrami was jailed for a total of 21 months and disqualified from driving for 20 months.
The judge remarked that Bajrami had effectively been acting as a courier and would have had some understanding of the quantity of drugs being transported, noting that the quantity was ‘far from trivial’.
PC Tom Wyld, from the Isle of Wight Area Crime Team, said:
“Bajrami’s conviction and sentence comes as a result of persistent efforts by officers across numerous teams – including the Area Crime Team and neighbourhood officers – to develop drugs intelligence and relentlessly pursue those involved in supply.
“Drugs are a scourge on the community, causing untold harm and are often linked to other offences such as serious violence and anti-social behaviour.
“There is no place for it on our Island, and we encourage anyone with information about drugs supply in their neighbourhood to keep reporting this to police. Every bit of information you provide will assist us in developing the wider intelligence picture and ultimately enable us to take action against the criminals involved.”
If you have information about drugs supply in your area, you can contact police on 101, or report crime via the reporting tool at www.hampshire.police.uk.
What a benefit these imports are to the UK..just think about what it used to be like before all the coke dealing ‘Drs and scientists’ arrived..deport the filthy druggie c*nt ..why are they even here?????
Benifits phone houseing clothing food dentist doctors all payed for by us ..lovely is’nt it…
Look Brian, you’ve been told, RELEASE the saussages
Come on Brian, surely you feel enriched, after all starmer and his mob are doing their best to keep enriching us by welcoming more boatloads of criminals on a daily basis.
Absolute scum. Ban him from the island.
Of a certain type we’ve all grown to love..
Statistics released today. One in fifty UK based Albanians are in prison. Yesterday more than 300 more male migrants arrive by dinghy from France.
Starlinand labour love em..
Every time I look at the Crown Court listings, a very large proportion of the names are very clearly of foreign origin. But we do have a population crisis and I think that’s what’s behind this turning a blind eye to immigration. Without an influx of young males / females to breed and inject more newborns into the UK we will reach a point some years down the line where the UK cannot function as we will all be old and the generations will not be large enough to support us.
Google it, it really is a thing. If this is what it’s all about none of us should be complaining. What we should be complaining about is our police force being told to police on a two or even three tier basis. The bad behaviour and criminality need to be sorted out or regardless of what the make up of our society is in fifty years, the population crisis will still be a thing.