Clean up in aisle two! Drug dealer smashes into Morrisons trolley bay trying to escape police and is caught with £4,000 of cocaine and heroin in his Honda
- Clueless criminal Asim Akram, 37, caught with Class A drugs in Banbury, Oxon
- Akram and his accomplice, Ibrar Hussain, were tailed by unmarked police cars into a Morrisons supermarket car park, when officers sprang into action
- Akram tried to escape, but ended up smashing his Honda into the trolley bay
- He was jailed for more than five years at Oxford Crown Court this week
A hapless drug dealer who tried to flee a police chase in his car was caught after he managed to get his car wedged in a Morrisons car park.
Asim Akram, 37, had an estimated £4,000-worth of heroin and crack cocaine in his possession along with hundreds of pounds in cash when he smashed into the supermarket trolley bay in Banbury, Oxford.
Akram and a passenger had been tailed by officers in unmarked police cars following reports they were involved in supplying drugs.
The detectives called for back-up and two marked police units swooped while Akram’s Honda was parked at the Oxfordshire supermarket.
Akram and his accomplice, Ibrar Hussain, were both jailed at Oxford Crown Court this week for drug offences.
The aftermath of the police chase in Morrisons in Banbury, Oxfordshire after a pair of drug dealers were trailed by unmarked cars
Hapless drug dealer Asim Akram, 37, was found with £4,000 worth of cocaine and heroin
He tried to get away by smashing into the wing mirror on one of the cars – before crashing into a shopping trolley parking bay.
Officers managed to box in Asim Akram’s Honda, giving the driver no means of escape.
Inside the vehicle, police found a total of 32g of cocaine and heroin worth approximately £4,000 on the street or £2,400 on the wholesale market.
Akram was jailed for five and a half years at Oxford Crown Court this week after he admitted dealing class A drugs. It was his fourth conviction for supplying hard drugs.
His passenger in the car, Ibrar Hussain, 41, received three years and four months.
Reacting to the sentence, PC Torran O’Dowda of Thames Valley Police said: ‘I am pleased that the court have passed appropriate prison sentences to these two drug dealers.’
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