A PERSISTENT Bradford drug dealer caught hoarding a stash of heroin and crack cocaine at his home has been jailed for six years.

Ashfaq Mohammed, 54, faced a minimum seven year prison sentence as a "three strike" peddler of Class A drugs when he appeared for sentence at Bradford Crown Court on a video link to Leeds prison.

But, although he was caught red-handed with more than 100 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine at his flat in Bradford Lane, Laisterdyke, he was given credit for his prompt guilty pleas.

Mohammed admitted two offences of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply at his first appearance before Bradford and Keighley magistrates and was committed to the crown court for sentence.

Prosecutor Heather Gilmore said 51 wraps of crack cocaine and 67 wraps of heroin were found in his jacket by police searching his flat at 6.30am on December 1.

Mohammed told drugs squad officers he was storing the stash overnight in return for free drugs to feed his addiction.

In March, 2006, he was jailed for two years for supplying cocaine and heroin and, six years later, he received a four year prison term for possession of heroin with intent to supply it.

The court heard he had also received a long sentence for robbery.

Mohammed's solicitor advocate, John Bottomley, said his client was a drug addict whose vulnerability was exploited by those higher up the chain of command.

He had earned a living as a driver at a fruit market but became dependant on drugs ten years ago.

Mohammed's family supported him and he had confessed his guilt at the earliest opportunity.

Judge Jonathan Rose said Mohammed had a long history of committing criminal offences, including the supply of drugs.

"You are willing, repeatedly, to play a part in the dissemination of Class A drugs," he said.

The judge set a timetable for a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act to claw back any money or assets possessed by Mohammed.