UK Nigerian Based Man Found With 79 Wraps Of Drugs Sentence To 6 Yrs

The twenty-five-years-old Nigerian Lekan Awosika was arrested on March 25 2015 by officers from Operation Saturn, a team formed in 2014 to tackle gang related violence and drug crime.

Lekan who lives in Central Park Road, East Ham, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on November 27, after he was found guilty of possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

The drug dealer has been jailed for six and a half years after police found 79 wraps of class A drugs hidden under a bath in Chelmsford.

Lekan was taken into custody after officers noticed the bath panel at a property on Victoria Crescent, had been tampered with and discovered 34 wraps of crack cocaine and 45 of heroin hidden in a plastic bag behind it.