Sakeb Nazir said he’d made choices he deeply regretted.
Sakeb Nazir admitted to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and was jailed for almost six years, as a result (Image: West Yorkshire Police )
A Halifax dad-of-two has been sentenced to almost six years in prison after being caught with heroin and cocaine worth between £28,000 and £ 60,000.
Sakeb Nazir, 41, was arrested by officers after they forced entry to a property in Dene Place last August and seized various packages of Class A drugs along with £610 in cash and an incriminating mobile phone.
Prosecutor Marte Alnaes told Bradford Crown Court today (January 28) that some of the cocaine had a purity of 85 per cent and the drugs were found in individual wraps and large compressed blocks. She said the estimated overall value of the drugs was between £26,550 and £61,740.
Ms Alnaes said the mobile phone contained messages indicating that Nazir was involved in the supply of drugs and actively advertising drugs for sale. The court also heard that Nazir, of no fixed abode, had 22 previous convictions for 69 offences on his record including previous relating to Class A drugs supply in 2011 and 2021.
Expressing his regret, Nazir himself read a letter to the judge via video link from HMP Leeds, in which he expressed his sincere remorse for his actions and said he was deeply sorry for his behaviour. He told the court that his mother had died while he was in prison during the COVID pandemic, and he had recently lost his father.
Nazir explained he was now committed to addressing his issues and seeking help with his addiction. Nazir said: “I’m determined to learn from my experience and to not repeat the same mistakes.” He said he had made choices he now deeply regretted, but he had been drug-free in prison for six months.
The Honorary Recorder of Bradford Judge Jonathan Rose gave Nazir credit for his guilty pleas to charges of possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply and reduced his sentence to 2,172 days or almost six years.
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