Cocaine Dealer Locked-Up For £200K Supply

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.”