Drug dealer jailed after being caught hiding heroin in his boxer shorts

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A drug dealer who hid heroin in his boxer shorts when he was stopped by police has been jailed for nearly three years.

32-year-old Ajah Stracchan told officers:

as he tried to conceal wraps of heroin and crack cocaine earlier this year.

Ajah Stracchan, formerly from Cricklewood in north London, was stopped by police in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. They recognised the Ford Focus he had been driving as a vehicle involved in the supply of drugs.

Police say Stracchan was seen trying to hide something in his pants but claimed his jeans were uncomfortable.

He was searched by officers on March 20 this year and a cellophane bag containing 48 separate wraps of crack and heroin, wrapped into a ball, was found tucked into his boxer shorts.

Forensic tests later showed each wrap weighed approximately half a gram and that the drugs had an estimated street value of almost £1,000.

Ajah Stracchan Credit: PA