A drug dealer has been jailed after his stash was found during a police stop-check.

Clive Tobiere, 38, was sentenced to five years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday, April 26.

He was stopped by officers in Queen Street, Ramsgate on November 9, 2017 at 1.30am, who then found a yellow pot with 12 wraps of heroin, a blue pot containing 56 wraps and four larger wraps of crack cocaine in the driver's door compartment.

Four mobile phones were also found in the vehicle, a silver Ford Focus, and a further two bags of cannabis in Tobiere's sock while he was in custody.

Officers were prompted to carry out the search after Tobiere, of Green Lanes, London, gave a false name and became evasive.

They had also detected the smell of cannibis and seen him fiddling with something below the car window after being stopped.

His real name was found printed on a gym membership card.

Checks then confirmed he was both disqualified from driving and uninsured.

Tobiere admitted charges on Thursday of driving while disqualified, having no insurance, and possession of cannabis, but denied possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply.

During trial he claimed he had been paid to pick up the car on behalf of a man and didn’t know the Class A drugs were in the car door, but was found guilty by a jury.

He has also received an extended driving ban of four-and-a-half years.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Steve East said: "Our officers make a point of patrolling streets looking for people or vehicles that might be involved in drug dealing, and on this occasion, they felt Tobiere's behaviour and night-time driving was suspicious so wanted to check out his story.

"It's through the brilliant and determined efforts of the officers to disrupt the drug supply into Thanet that Tobiere was brought to justice, despite his numerous lies.

"We don’t want drugs on our streets or in our communities, and those found trying to bring them in will be dealt with robustly."