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Dealer jailed over cocaine stashed in hairbrush

Cambridgeshire Police Lirim Shiqerukaj has short brown hair, and a moustache and beard. He is wearing a black hoodie and looking straight at the camera without any expression.Cambridgeshire Police
Lirim Shiqerukaj was caught by police with 26 bags of cocaine stuffed into a hairbrush after concerns were raised about him drug dealing

A drug dealer who hid bags of cocaine inside a hairbrush has been jailed for 21 months.

Lirim Shiqerukaj, 23, had his Jaguar searched by police after he was spotted parked in Little Downham near Ely.

Officers found the hairbrush with 26 bags of the drug stuffed inside and £555 in cash.

Shiqerukaj, of Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday.

Cambridgeshire Police A round hairbrush with its top off laying on a cream leather car seat, next to a number of small plastic clear packets and a bundle of cash notes.Cambridgeshire Police

Cambridgeshire Police said concerns had been raised about Shiqerukaj dealing drugs in the area and was arrested in Matthew Wren Close on 27 March.

Det Con Valentin Radulescu, who investigated the case, said: "Thanks to reports from members of the public and the quick response from our officers, another drug dealer is off the streets of Cambridgeshire."

He urged anyone with similar suspicions to report them to the police.

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