A driver who was 'fidgeting and shaking' when police pulled him over was found to be holding more than £3,500 worth of cocaine.
Officers became suspicious of Mark Kerin after they stopped his silver VW Golf on Gelderd Road in Morley, as he was heading away from the town centre, just after 8pm on June 17 last year. Despite him having a full licence and insurance, they described him as being 'extremely nervous', was 'fidgeting' and his hands were shaking. They detained him for a drugs search and found a total of 59 individual deals of cocaine.
The 42-year-old, of Reevy Road West, Bradford, later admitted a single charge of dealing in class A drugs. He has just one previous conviction for drink driving in 2014. He has been held on remand since his arrest and appeared in court via video link from HMP Leeds. Sign up for our free newsletters now Mitigating, Abdul Shakoor said Kerin accepted he was facing a jail sentence. He said: 'The only question is the length of the inevitable sentence.
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