Hackney man caught in cab with cocaine worth up to £3 million jailed
Cocaine conviction: Darren Angol
A man from Hackney caught in possession of cocaine worth up to £3 million has been sentenced to five years in jail.
Darren Angol, 32, of Millfields Road in Lower Clapton, was stopped by officers while in a minicab found to contain over 3kg of cocaine last July.
Angol and the minicab driver, Perry Law, 50, were arrested for possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
A search of Angol’s address found a further 14g of cocaine. Police estimate the cocaine would be valued between £460,000 and £3 million.
Both men pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 15 October to their arrest charges.
Angol was sentenced to five years in jail and Law received a twelve month prison term, suspended for twelve months.
DC Simon Walsh of Hackney Police, said: “As a result of these arrests a large quantity of cocaine was recovered, no doubt interrupting the supply of drugs in Hackney and beyond. Experience shows us that drug dealing fuels many other forms of crime, so removing them from the streets is a great result for the borough.”
3 Kilo’s = 3,000 grams
Average price of a gram is about £50
3,000 x 50 = £150,000
£3mil / 50 = 60,000 grams (60 kilos)
So is this a typo, or worse…… suggest that you reconsider your headline?
i guess if it was pure and you cut it extremely heavily you could resell it for £3mil but it would need to be reduced to one part of cocaine to 20 parts whatever you cut it with – suspect customers might notice something? the lower estimate of £460K requires cutting to 30% strength which is possibly achievable
police are notorious for exaggerating the value of drug seizures
To be honest, law enforcement always exaggerate the numbers whenever there is a bust like this.
On the other hand they found some that was 20% purity… That alone should get him locked up.