Prison Sentence

Dear Resident

On 8 January this year, two PCSOs from the Atherstone Safer Neighbourhood Team received an alert from the Atherstone Council CCTV team that a man was selling cigarettes from his car.

The PCSOs intercepted the car – a white Ford Fiesta driven by Ajet Rama, 52 - which stopped at the local bus station.

Inside the car, they discovered cigarettes – alongside deal bags of cocaine in the glovebox.

They called for assistance, and on the arrival of police constables, a full search of the car revealed more cocaine, a logbook of sales, and two boxes worth of cannabis vape products.

Further searches of Rama's home were carried out where an estimated three kilo block of cocaine was discovered, along with around 10 kilos of cannabis leaf.

Ajet Rama, 52 of Old Forge Road, Fenny Drayton, was sentenced to three years in prison at Warwick Crown Court for possession of cannabis with intent to supply, and possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

Rama is also required to pay a victim’s surcharge of £228.

Investigating officer DC Blaney said “This is a great example of working together to tackle the problems in our communities – from eagle-eyed CCTV operators in the council to PCSOs out on the ground with deep community knowledge, to investigation teams using our expertise to get the case over the line.

“Hopefully this result has shown Rama that he can't cruise around our communities selling drugs without being derailed.”