A judge has told a 22-year-old drug dealer involved with an organised crime group anyone who works for such groups "can expect" a prison sentence as he was jailed for two years.
Sentencing Elvin Avdia at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday (February 28) Judge Emma Peters said he had owed money to an organised crime gang.
The court heard he had been brought to the UK illegally in a dingy.
On arrival in this country, he was given a car, which he wasn’t insured to drive, and told to come to Ipswich to deliver drugs to customers using their postcodes.
He was stopped by police at 4.30pm and had delivered £285 worth of drugs and had around £750 worth of drugs still to deliver that day.
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“People like you and the groups you work for are fuelling the drug trade in this country. Albanian organised crime gangs are becoming a real blight on our society and anyone who works for such groups in whatever capacity can expect to receive a prison sentence,” said the judge.
Avdia, 22, of no fixed address, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply on January 5 this year and driving without insurance on The Strand.
Peter Spary for Avdia said his client had no previous convictions and had been pressured into delivering drugs after being brought to the UK illegally.
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