A year’s worth of evidence was used to convict a Peterborough drug dealer who is now serving a three-year prison sentence.
Police have released body camera footage from when Anjam Zada was found with wraps of class A drugs, hundreds of pounds in cash and mobile phones at various locations across the city.
On July 13 last year, the Neighbourhood Support Team were in the Embankment area of Peterborough when they noticed an increase of known drug users and the potential for a drug deal about to take place.
Zada, 23, was spotted under a tree and an Oreo biscuit packet on the ground next to him containing 28 wraps of crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin worth about £250.
It was sent off for analysis which confirmed Zada’s fingerprints were on it.
On February 8, neighbourhood policing officers were on patrol in the Boongate area of Eastfield when they saw Zada place something in a bush.
A search found he was in possession of £355 in cash, two mobile phones and two black bags containing about £860 worth of crack cocaine, heroin and cocaine were found in the bush.
On both occasions he was arrested but released under investigation while further enquiries were carried out.
He was arrested again on May 23 in Broadway as part of an intelligence-led operation into drug supply across Peterborough.
Zada, of no fixed address, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on July 13 where he was sentenced to three years in prison after previously admitting four counts of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and two counts of supplying crack cocaine.
Detective Constable Tracey Black, who investigated, said: “Sometimes it takes a while to build up evidence against someone, but eventually people run out of luck.
“Zada saw the error of his ways and with the evidence against him had little option but to plead guilty to all offences.
“This was a real team effort between neighbourhood policing and the intelligence department, which has ultimately taken another class A drug dealer off the streets of Peterborough.”
Anyone with information or concerns about drugs can report via the dedicated drugs information page on the force website.
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