TWO brothers have each been locked up for three years for street dealing in Class A drugs.

Bakery worker Jamal Shah and Zamir Shah were caught selling wraps of cocaine and heroin from a car in the city's Girlington area, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday.

But the pair initially denied dealing, with Zamir Shah saying he had collected his brother and they were going for a cup of tea.

Prosecutor Michael Smith said police spotted the two men street drug dealing from a Honda driven by Zamir Shah, who drove dangerously in a bid to escape the police. Officers seized 14 wraps of heroin and two of cocaine from the vehicle.

Zamir Shah's dealer line phone rang repeatedly as the pair were being arrested, Mr Smith said.

While on bail, Zamir Shah, 19, committed the offence of perverting the course of justice, the court heard.

He was kidnapped and attacked by a group of men and offered one of them the opportunity to pay him £5,000 to drop the case.

The man taped the phone conversation and handed the evidence to the police.

Mr Smith said Zamir Shah could be heard saying: "Bro, trust me, five bags (£5,000) and we'll call it cush."

He admitted the offence after voice recognition analysis proved he was the caller.

Mr Smith said the kidnap case had to be dropped and had costed the Crown Prosecution Service up to £13,000.

Zamir Shah's barrister, Emma Downing, said the drug dealing was the opportunity to earn easy money.

Shah was genuinely kidnapped and assaulted and was terrified of having to give evidence. She said he acted on the spur of the moment when he offered to bribe the man.

Andrew Walker, Jamal Shah's lawyer, said he had committed no further offences after the drug dealing matters, on one day 18 months ago. He bitterly regretted giving in to peer pressure and performed a very limited role in the operation.

Jamal Shah, 21, of Leyburne Street, Manningham, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs with intent to supply, on May 3, 2013.

Zamir Shah, of Lynthorne Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, admitted the same offence and supplying a wrap of heroin to a drug addict two days earlier.

He also pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and breach of a suspended sentence for house burglary.

His total sentence was four years in a youth offender institution. He had already been sentenced for dangerous driving.