{"id":24879,"date":"2018-02-09T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=24879"},"modified":"2018-02-09T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:54:58","slug":"dealer-jailed-posing-drugs-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/09\/dealer-jailed-posing-drugs-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealer jailed after posing with drugs on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reporting by Laura Clements and Aamir Mohammed<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A DRUG dealer from London, who posted a picture on Facebook boasting about the cocaine he was bringing to Cardiff, has been jailed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramazan Krasniqi\u00a0took a picture of himself posing with the drugs in the passenger seat of a van as he crossed the Severn Bridge into Wales and posted it on the social networking site.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today he was jailed for four years and eight months at Cardiff Crown Court for his part in a multi-million pound drug network.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Krasniqi, 24, from Hornesy, London was arrested when police stopped the van, which was bringing crack cocaine into Cardiff from London, on December 19.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24880\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24880\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi.jpg 440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi-293x304.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24880\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi.jpg 440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/RamazanKrasniqi-293x304.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/noscript> Ramazan Krasniqi, who was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court today for his part in a multi-million pound drug network<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sentencing him today, Judge Jeremy Jenkins said he was satisfied that Krasniqi acted as a courier on only one occasion and had been drawn into a life of crime after entering the UK illegally in 2014.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judge Jenkins referred to Krasniqi\u2019s Facebook post which he said indicated that Krasniqi was \u201cnot fully appreciative of the scale of the drug operation\u201d and that he only played a &#8220;limited part&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou were somebody who went along for the ride,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Facebook post is an indication that you found the whole experience quite exciting. You were blinded in your judgement that this may be some sort of glamorous lifestyle.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\nKrasniqi&#8217;s arrest was part of \u2018Operation Nightjar\u2019 which was an investigation in to a drugs network, led by the Regional Organised Crime Unit for southern Wales.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In sentencing, Judge Jenkins said that Krasniqi was not na\u00efve and highlighted his significant role in the supply of Class A drugs, which is a Category 2 offence.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sentence of four years and eight months took into account mitigating factors including the fact that Krasniqi had pleaded guilty to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply at the earliest opportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporting by Laura Clements and Aamir Mohammed A DRUG dealer from London, who posted a picture on Facebook boasting about the cocaine he was bringing to Cardiff, has been jailed. 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