A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for six years after police seized £43,000 worth of Class A drugs from his Bradford home.

Waqas Iqbal had a blender, cutting agents, bags and scales, Bradford Crown Court heard.

He also had dealer lists which showed a multi-thousand pound turnover, the court was told.

Iqbal, of Florence Street, Laisterdyke, was arrested when police raided his home in November 2014.

A drugs squad team discovered more than £42,000 of heroin, along with £568 of cocaine that was three times the normal purity.

Prosecutor David Dixon told the court today that there was a significant quantity of cutting agents, including caffeine, at the address.

Dealer lists on the kitchen worktop showed it was a high value commercial drug operation.

Iqbal was found hiding in his bedroom, along with several mobile phones.

Mr Dixon said Iqbal, a former supermarket worker, had declared an annual income of only £800 to the Inland Revenue.

He at first told the police that £1,240 of criminal cash found at the property had been left to him by his father.

He then claimed he had been forced into drug dealing by others.

Iqbal pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.

His barrister, Yunus Valli, said Iqbal's mother died when he was 18 and his father had remarried in Pakistan.

He had worked at Morrisons and Next and had never been in trouble before.

"He is genuinely and sincerely remorseful. He lacks help and guidance in his life and others preyed upon his vulnerability and weakness to use his home to process Class A drugs," Mr Valli said.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Iqbal: "You were playing your role in the continuance of this vile trade.

"You knew what you were doing."

At an earlier hearing, the judge ruled that Iqbal's benefit from his criminality was £43,785 and his available assets, to be confiscated, were £1,240.

That sum was already in the hands of the police.