A DRUG dealer told a friend his colleagues made it far too obvious while plying their trade – before police pulled him over in an uninsured car with nine wraps of heroin in his pocket.

Iblal Razaq from Burnley was given a three-year 10-month prison sentence after police found another £1,000 worth of the drug at his former partner’s home, the town’s crown court was told.

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Razaq, 30, of Belvedere Road, bragged to a friend that he was making ‘good paper’ from his heroin business and insisted his fellow pushers were too careless for their own good.

“Far too many dealers make it too obvious, and deal from their own front door... these other clowns are being spotted a mile off,” said Razaq, in a statement read out in court by prosecutor Stephen Parker.

Judge Graham Know-les QC said: “He has not been very clever, to drive without insurance and while disqualified, and get pulled over, but there you are.”

Razaq admitted possession of heroin with intent to supply, driving while disqualified and having no insurance. He was banned from the roads initially for an offence of being unfit to drive while unfit through drugs.

Mr Parker said that when Razaq was first arrested he tried to maintain that the heroin he was caught with was his own stash.

He told officers he had a £30-a-day habit. When questioned how he could afford this on his £140-a-fortnight benefits cheque, he said family and friends helped him out.

Richard Taylor, defending, said that while Razaq may have bragged about his acumen as a dealer, in fact he was ‘actually not very good at it’.

The defendant’s family, while condemning his drug dealing, were prepared to stand by him, the court heard.

Mr Taylor added: “The defendant became involved in heroin and found that he could not fund his habit. He bought heroin in bulk and sold mainly to acquaintances. He was caught very quickly.”

Razaq was now committed to overcoming his heroin problems, the court heard.