Man jailed for drug dealing in Coventry after being caught in taxi
32-year-old Keren Kumar was found by police with a bag containing a kilo of heroin
A man has been handed a three and a half year jail sentence for drug dealing in Coventry.
32-year-old Keren Kumar was found by police with a bag containing a kilo of heroin, worth thirty two thousand pounds, after being caught in a taxi in November 2024.
The Regional Organised Crime Unit say he was searched at the roadside, and officers found a small amount of heroin in a piece of paper hidden in his sock.
Inside an Asda bag near where he’d been sat in the taxi was a zipper bag containing just over 1kg of heroin, with an estimated value of up to £23,000.
Kumar was arrested and denied any knowledge of the drugs, but went on to plead guilty to possession of heroin with intent to supply.
Kumar, of no fixed address, was jailed for three years and six months for possession of heroin with intent to supply when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on 25 April.
The investigation was led by the Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands (ROCUWM) and is part of Operation Target, which is their 24/7 mission to tackle serious and organised crime across the region.
They're disrupting, arresting and bringing to justice those involved in guns, drugs, money laundering and exploitation across the region.