A DRUG dealer caught on Manningham Lane in Bradford with 59 wraps of heroin and high purity crack cocaine today had his four-year prison sentence for housebreaking and drugs trafficking extended.

Antonio Dimeo, 38, was the front seat passenger in a Seat Ibiza stopped by the police shortly after midnight on January 7, 2021, Bradford Crown Court heard.

Prosecutor Alisha Kaye said officers on patrol spotted something being thrown out of the vehicle that contained three people.

Cannabis was being smoked in the car and Dimeo was holding wraps of crack cocaine and heroin. He had bags of drugs in his boxer shorts and in all 30 wraps of heroin and 29 of crack cocaine were seized by the police.

Miss Kaye said the cocaine was 96 per cent purity. In all the drugs were valued at almost £600.

Dimeo made no comment to all questions asked by the police.

He went on to plead guilty to two offences of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

The court heard that his 14-page criminal record included offences of burglary, shop theft and possession of drugs.

Miss Kaye said Dimeo, who was sentenced on a video link to HMP Wealstun, was already serving a total sentence of imprisonment of four years. It was made up of three years for house burglary, imposed in January last year, and 12 months on top of that for Class A drug dealing.

His barrister, Paul Canfield, said Dimeo had run up a drugs debt after he became addicted to crack cocaine.He was dealing to pay it off and he committed the burglary for the same reason.

He had been beaten up by people he owed money to and put in hospital for a week.

Worry over this case had added to the anxiety he was suffering in prison.

Judge Jonathan Gibson said Dimeo had been caught with 30 wraps of heroin and 29 of high purity crack cocaine.

He had numerous offences on his record but he had the offer of work on his release and was planning to relocate from the area.

Judge Gibson jailed Dimeo for six months on top of the four years he is currently serving.

He said that would add a further three months to his release date, which had been scheduled for January next year.

After he was sentenced, Dimeo said: ‘Thank you greatly for today. Thank you.’