Man who posted drugs to clients is jailed

Bedfordshire Police said Mustak Alom "played a significant role in a drugs network"

A dealer who posted drugs to clients was caught after turning up to a police headquarters in an uninsured vehicle.

Mustak Alom was part of an organised crime group which couriered drugs between Bedford and Southampton.

He arrived at the Bedfordshire Police headquarters in January for a bail appointment, but officers searched his vehicle and found two mobile phones that linked him to a drugs investigation.

The 28-year-old, from Bedford, was sentenced to five and a half years at Luton Crown Court on Thursday.

He had pleaded guilty to nine offences, including supplying Class A drugs.

Messages on his seized phones offered "postal to anywhere in the UK" with the promise of items being delivered the next day.

Officers searched his home in Mareth Road, and discovered several different types of Class A drugs and cannabis with a street value estimated at £16,000, as well as nearly £2,000 in cash.

Det Con Nema Behzadi said: "Alom played a significant role in a drugs network which saw illegal and harmful substances distributed across the UK.

"His use of the postal system to distribute drugs and his blatant disregard for the law - even turning up at police HQ in an uninsured vehicle - demonstrates the audacity with which he operated.

"Thanks to the diligence of our officers, we were able to uncover the full extent of his offending and bring him to justice."