Albanian man jailed for drug dealing weeks after getting to UK

Adrian Xhika, of no fixed abode, was caught drug dealing in Kidlington on June 2 this year.

The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class A and a class B drug, namely cocaine and cannabis.

He was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on June 30.

The court heard he was in the UK illegally and had fled Albania when he was 15-years-old. He was promised work in the UK by those who brought him into the country, which led to him being found with drugs.

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Adrian Xhika (Image: TVP)

Alexandra Boshell, prosecuting, told the court Xhika was found with a total of 21 wraps of cocaine and 10 wraps of cannabis.

Ms Boshell said he was stopped by police in a Ford Fiesta in Oxford Road, Kidlington.

He was searched and so was the car he was driving. Inside were two deodorant canisters, with wraps of cannabis and cocaine concealed within.

Xhika was arrested and answered no comment in police interview.

There was no evidence of drug supply found on his phone. He told officers that he was in the UK illegally and that he wanted to go back to Albania.

The court heard Xhika had no previous convictions in the UK.

He was handed a 16-month prison sentence. Orders were also made for the forfeiture and deprivation of the drugs and the car he was stopped in.