A street drug dealer, who abandoned a young child in a bid to flee police, has been jailed for more than seven years.

Harun Hussain, 27, was arrested by armed officers and police seized heroin valued at more than £150,000 from a house.

He was sentenced, by Judge Jonathan Rose at Bradford Crown Court, to seven years and two months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing heroin with intent to supply.

After the case, a Bradford police chief said it highlighted how the scourge of drugs was being tackled in the district.

Hussain, of Aberdeen Close, Leeds Road, Bradford, was arrested during a pre-planned police operation on January 16 this year.

The defendant was seen leaving an address in Parkside Road, West Bowling, with a small child and walking along the road.

He was approached by police, but fled – pushing the child into the officers and running off in a bid to escape.

Armed officers then gave chase and saw the suspect discard an item in a shrub, which was recovered. He was detained soon after.

A cigarette packet, containing wraps of drugs, was seized. Hussain also had the keys to the house he had just left. A search of the house, which was unoccupied, found almost four kilograms of heroin with a street value of more than £153,000.

After Hussain was jailed, Bradford District Chief Inspector Dan Greenwood said: “This raid formed part of the ongoing Operation Sabredale, focusing on drugs and firearms within Bradford’s communities.

“Officers uncovered heroin with an estimated street value of more than £150,000. It is likely that this would have been pedalled locally on the streets, and its seizure simply underlines our determination to rid such activity from our city.

“We are tackling the scourge of drugs and improving the quality of life for residents.

“The intelligence we are generating under Operation Sabredale, and through the continued support of the public, is resulting in these significant sentences.

“Hussain’s guilty plea underlines the weight of evidence against him and I am pleased to see he will be spending some considerable time behind bars.”