Dealer Who Confessed Is Sentenced

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A drug dealer who reported the fact that someone had stolen nearly £1,000 from him but later admitted he had made the money selling drugs will have to do 120-hours of community punishment.

 

Damoun Sabzabadi, 20, of High Road, North Finchley, was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to possessing seven bags of cannabis on March 18 at Hendon Magistrates Court.

 

The court heard he made profits of around £500 a week by selling cannabis in nine-ounce bags in a period since July 2003, but denied ever selling drugs to strangers or children.

 

Sabzabadi went to Colindale police station in Grahame Park Way on March 13, saying he had been robbed of £980 in cash.

 

But when he later admitted the money was the profit from his drug deals, he was charged with possession of a controlled drug with the intent to supply.

 

His lawyers said Sabzabadi had visited the police station to report the theft because he wanted to turn over a new leaf following the death of one of his friends.

 

By Sophie Kummer

Source: Hendon & Finchley Times