A man has been jailed after he drove around Cambridgeshire dealing drugs and collecting money. Tariq Malin was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.

Tariq Malin, 42 from Peterborough was spotted by police in a Ford Fiesta making a suspected drug exchange in Tennyson Road, Peterborough, in May 2020. Officers stopped the vehicle and found Class A drugs under both front seats, with a street value of more than £3,000.

On inspection officers also found a hammer and a knuckle duster in the glove compartment. On Friday, February 3 at Huntingdon Court Malin of Worsley, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.

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During his trial in December Malin pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply cocaine and was found guilty of possession with intent to supply cocaine. He was found not guilty of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.

Detective Constable Helena Potgieter, who investigated, said: “Malin was one of four men travelling across Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Rutland dealing and collecting drugs and money.

Tariq Malin
The drugs found in Tariq's vehicle

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