POLICE caught a man carrying heroin and crack cocaine worth about £7,500 after stopping a taxi in Worcester, a court heard.
Atif Hussain, aged 20, of Glendower Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, was acting as courier for the drugs, Worcester Crown Court was told.
Hussain admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and was given two years' detention by Recorder Justin Wigoder.
William Dudley, prosecuting, said police had received intelligence about people traveling from Birmingham to Worcester to supply drugs.
And, on January 25, officers in plain clothes followed a Birmingham-based taxi, which stopped next to another cab in the Bath Road area.
Officers later stopped one of the taxis to find Hussain, a rear passenger, who accepted he had drugs.
He was caught with heroin worth just over £6,000 and crack cocaine valued at £1,390.
Martyn Keys, defending Hussain - who also admitted breaching a suspended prison sentence for battery- said he had been the courier for the drugs and was due to be paid £100 but never got the money.
Mr Keys also said Hussain had done a course in barbering while in prison and wanted to move on with his life.
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