A drugs courier caught on a delivery run to a bar
A drugs courier caught on a delivery run to a bar doorman has been jailed for three and a half years today.
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Joaquim Santos, 24, was stopped by police with 99 tablets of ecstasy intended for the Ion bar in Notting Hill.
He immediately pointed out the supplier of the drugs and took detectives to his flat where cocaine and cannabis were also discovered.
Santos admitted possession with intent to supply but claimed he was acting as a courier to pay off a pnds stlg 1,000 debt.
Passing Judge Alan Hitching told Santos: ‘You have admitted supplying the drugs as a courier to a bar where they would no doubt be supplied to people who wanted to buy them.
‘Your co-defendant was sentenced to four months on possession of drugs but the Crown decided not to prosecute on conspiracy to supply.
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Santos, of St Quintins Avenue, North Kensington, was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment for possession of ecstasy with intent to supply on June 30 this year.
On charges of possessing two tablets of ecstasy, 582mg of cocaine and nine grams of cannabis, he received nine months in jail for each charge, to run concurrently.
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