Driver found with over £2k cash in car after being stopped by police on Camden Street in Nelson
A driver found with over £2k cash in his car in Nelson told police it was for fitness and weight loss supplements.
Rajab Ali, 47, was stopped on November 17, 2024, when officers from the Road Crime Team pulled over his grey Volkswagen Passat in Camden Street in Nelson.
They searched the vehicle and found £750 in cash in his car, £600 in his pocket and a further £735 in his wallet.
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He claimed it was money he had received from family members to purchase supplements for fitness training and weight loss - it wasn’t.
A spokesperson for the police said that it was linked to the small plastic bag they had also found in his car which contained 0.5kg of heroin.
Ali was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug.
His house was also searched and officers found more heroin.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Ali, of Camden Street in Nelson was charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and possession of criminal property.
He pleaded guilty to both offences and was jailed for six years when he appeared in the dock at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday.
DC Kirsten Henry, of Burnley CID, said: “I welcome this significant sentence, which shows the police and courts will not tolerate drug-dealing on the streets of Lancashire.”