A
Lithuanian drug dealer, caught by watching police finalising a
£200,000 cocaine deal, has been caged for six years.
Saulius
Pilipavicius, 50, (pictured) was the target of a surveillance
operation by the Metropolitan Police's Central Task Force.
He
pleaded guilty to supplying 986 grams of 84% pure cocaine in Hampton
Road, Leytonstone, east London on April 26.
Snaresbrook
Crown Court heard Pilipavicius had been monitored for two-months and
was watched as he exchanged the block of cocaine (pictured) with
another man.
Detective
Inspector Rob Murray, of the Central Task Force, said: “We believe
that Pilipavicius came to this country to sell significant quantities
of Class A drugs on London's streets.
“In
this case, he attempted to exchange almost one kilogram of cocaine,
which has a street value of two-hundred thousand pounds.
"We
welcome today’s sentence which has ensured that a drugs supplier -
part of an international drugs supply chain - has been removed from
our streets.
"This
operation is an example of the Met’s total commitment to tackling
organised drug crime.”
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