A successful Kosovon asylum seeker was caught dealing £13,000 worth of cocaine in the East End just three months after being granted British citizenship.
Labourer Fatbardh Gashi, 34, arrived in the UK in 1999 and in February this year finally obtained full citizenship.
However, City of London police observed him dealing drugs from a parked Mercedes in Middlesex Street, Aldgate on May 27 and found 24 gms of cocaine hidden behind the gear-stick.
Officers searched his home and found another 240 gms of cocaine along with £15,000 cash.
Gashi, of Hackney Road, Bethnal Green pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey (pictured) to two counts of possessing cocaine, with intent to supply, and was jailed for twenty-seven months.
The court heard police watched as a customer leaned into Gashi's car and appeared to buy drugs - later confirming to officers he paid £100 for two wraps of cocaine.
When the car was pulled over officers found several small bags of cocaine behind the gear-stick.
At his flat more cocaine was found divided into bags for supply along with £15,000 cash in three separate bundles.
The Recorder of London Peter Beaumont told first-time offender Gashi: "Your involvement in drug-dealing can only be put down to greed for which you must now pay a severe price."
The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the drugs, cash and Mercedes.
No deportation order can be made because Gashi is a UK citizen.
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