A THIRD strike drug dealer who sped off in a BMW at 90mph with £500 of heroin and cocaine on him has been jailed for six years.

Drugs squad officers pursued Adeel Majid from Rooley Lane, in the south of Bradford, until he abandoned the vehicle in Heath Street, near Leeds Road, in Bradford Moor, and was arrested nearby.

The police noticed Majid was “standing awkwardly” and clenching his buttocks, prosecutor Kate Bisset told Bradford Crown Court this week.

He was panting and very nervous “like a deer in the headlights looking for a means of escape.”

Majid, 26, of Bayswater Road, Harehills, Leeds, was searched at the police station and a large white package was found on him containing drugs worth £528.

Miss Bisset said there were 61 wraps of crack cocaine at up to 89 per cent purity, 27 wraps of heroin, at 27 per cent purity and five bags of cocaine worth £314.

Majid pleaded guilty to three offences of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one charge of possessing cash as criminal property, all on December 29 last year.

He was sentenced on a video link to Leeds Prison and with the Skype service.

The court heard that Majid was pursued by the police because the BMW had links to drug dealing.

The vehicle accelerated to twice the 30mph speed limit and then roared off at 90mph towards the Dudley Hill Roundabout, where Rooley Lane meets Wakefield Road.

After Majid and another man had abandoned the car, they were spotted fleeing towards Amberley Court,

Majid was panicked and on his phone, Miss Bisset said.

He refused to give details of who he was and had cash and three phones on him, the court was told.

Majid later said he had put the package of drugs in his shorts and ran away.

His ten previous convictions included two for possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.

He was jailed for three years in 2012 and four years in 2017.

He was on licence at the time of his arrest in December, the court heard.

Miss Bisett said Majid was a “third strike” drug dealer liable for a minimum seven year prison sentence.

The court heard in mitigation that he had pleaded guilty ahead of his trial.

Judge Jonathan Rose said Bradford and other cities were “blighted by Class A drugs.”

Even in the last few days he had heard cases where Class A drug users had resorted to crime to fund their addiction.

Majid had not learned his lesson from his previous jail sentences. He was out to line his pockets from trafficking heroin and cocaine while still on prison licence.

“You could not contain your criminality,” Judge Rose told him.