A DRUG dealer who hid heroin inside a secret pocket in his boxer shorts has been jailed at Oxford Crown Court.

Kuldeep Singh, of Woburn Close, Banbury, admitted possessing the class-A drug with intent to supply, as well as possessing cannabis on Wednesday.

Prosecutor Angus Robertson said the 34-year-old was arrested at the house he shared with his parents on May 19.

He told Judge Gordon Risius more than £3,000 of heroin was found hidden in a pocket sewn into Singh’s underwear and a separate converted cola can.

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Mr Roberston added the defendant had previous convictions for drug dealing and possession.

Tony McGeorge, defending, said his client had been an addict who used as much as £400 worth of heroin a day.

He told Judge Risius: “Sadly he has been plagued by his addiction to heroin.

“Yet over the period of the time he has spent in custody he has, using methadone, managed to come off heroin completely.

“The time he has spent in custody has been of great benefit and hopefully something he can maintain when he is released.”

Judge Risius told Singh: “These are not your first convictions related to controlled drugs.

“Whatever you do, keep away from drugs when you are released because, if you don’t, you will not be given another chance such as you have been given today.”

He sentenced Singh to three-and-a-half years in prison and told him to pay a £120 victims’ surcharge he is released.

 

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