A 'RETAIL' dealer who struck twice while on bail and claimed he was put under pressure to sell hard drugs, has been locked up for three years and nine months.

Adeel Hussain, 24, had stashes of cocaine and heroin and also cannabis, worth about £800 and ready for supply, in vehicles, as well as £600 cash, text messages from customers on his phone and a debtor's list.

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He was subject to a suspended sentence at the time, Burnley Crown Court was told.

Hussain, of Willows Lane, Accrington, admitted allegations of possessing cannabis with intent to supply and possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.

Prosecutor Andrew Smith said on February 10, police followed the defendant in a hire vehicle on Victoria Street, Accrington, and stopped him.

Officers found a bag containing 19 wraps of cannabis bush, weighing a total of about half an ounce, hidden under the driver's seat.

In the back of the car, they discovered a second bag, containing 2.4 grams of cannabis bush. The drugs were worth a total of £255 on the streets. Hussain made no comment when questioned.

The prosecutor said on April 10, while on bail, the defendant was seen in a vehicle on Charter Street and when it was stopped, police found unused snap bags in the rear pocket of the front passenger seat and 24 snap bags, containing 23.3 grams of cannabis bush hidden under the steering wheel.

The snap bags were nine £10 deals, nine £15 deals and six £20 deals and were worth £345. Hussain made no admissions in interview.

Mr Smith said Hussain was again bailed and on June 30, police saw a scruffy looking man get into the defendant's car in Accrington. When the man got out, the defendant was immediately handcuffed through the open driver's window. Hussain dropped a bag to the ground, saying: "That's all I have got."

It contained 11 bags of cocaine, weighing 1.22 grams and 10 bags of heroin, weighing 1.06 grams. The drugs were worth £210. Hussain had a total of £611 on him over the three offences.

The hearing was told in his basis of plea, the defendant said he owed money for the drugs seized by police, had to pay to have the hire car released from the police compound and was put under pressure. He claimed when further drugs were taken by officers, he was put under pressure to deal Class A drugs.