No More Mr Rice Guy! Drug dealer's 'unbelievable' excuse didn't fool officers...

Описание: A man from Cardiff who claimed a drug phone found by police in his apartment had been stored in a bag of rice for drug dealer friend who had dropped it in a puddle outside his address, has been jailed.
It is one of a catalogue of excuses 28-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, of Cardiff, gave officers while being questioned in police custody.
He had been linked as the owner of a mobile phone which officers were able to prove was used together with a known drug phone and arrested by officers on November 24, 2025, in the street outside his apartment in The Boulevard.
Officers were preparing to execute a search warrant as he pulled up in his rented car, and he was arrested on the spot.
During a search of his car and his apartment, officers found crack cocaine, cocaine, digital scales, a money counting machine and a knife in a sheath. While searching him officers found crack cocaine hidden in his underpants.
While questioned in custody, Ahmed denied being a drug dealer. He told officers a drug phone found in his apartment was being held for a drug dealer who had dropped it in a puddle outside his house and forgotten to collect it. He said he offered to keep it in a bowl of rice to dry it out. He also claimed drugs found – potentially worth more than £3k - were for self-use, and that he kept drugs in his pants so he wouldn’t lose them. A money counting machine seized from his flat was supposedly for use in a music video.
But detectives from the Cardiff and Vale Organised Crime Unit built a strong case which resulted him pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and cocaine, possessing with intent to supply crack cocaine and cocaine, acquiring criminal property - namely money, possessing a knife in a public place, and driving while disqualified.
On Friday, January 30, he appeared to be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court and was jailed for 52 months.

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