Drug dealer nabbed by police carrying £500 of heroin because he was smoking joint

A drug dealer has been jailed for more than five years for carrying heroin and cannabis after he was caught smoking a joint outside Clapham Junction station.

Dexter Sharpe, 38, from Wandsworth , was stopped by officers and detained for a search after he was caught smoking cannabis on July 26 2022 outside the busy station.

Police found he was carrying a mobile phone, more than £2,000 in cash and 25 wraps of heroin, worth more than £500, in his backpack.

He was arrested and while in custody an amount of cannabis was found among his belongings.

In a police interview, Sharpe claimed the phone, cash and heroin did not belong to him but refused to explain how he came to be carrying them.

Sharpe pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of cannabis.

He was sentenced to five years and six months in jail at Inner London Crown Court on June 26.

Investigating officer DC Emma Martin said: “Sharpe’s sentence reflects the severity of his crime and how serious the courts regard such offending.

“Drugs are a blight on communities and this is yet another example of our intervention removing more drugs that were destined for the streets.

“Anyone involved in the transportation of drugs on the rail network should beware – we have eyes everywhere -  you will be caught and face the consequences.”