A 26-year-old Nigerian drug dealer, identified as Olusegun Babalola has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in the U.K for hiding a stash worth more than £7,000 in a box of tissues.

He was arrested on May 19, 2023 after police raided his home in Whitsed Street, Eastfield, as part of an operation into drug dealing and exploitation in Peterborough.

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The police in a statement on its website said Babalola was involved in supplying crack cocaine and heroin in the city as part of a ‘county lines’ operation.

“The morning police raided his home, officers found more than £7,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine wraps hidden within a tissue box.

Other drugs paraphernalia, including small weighing scales and multiple mobile phones – one of which was later confirmed to be the “deal line” for the county line – were found in the one-bedroom flat, along with a considerable amount of designer clothing and footwear,” the statement reads in part.