A DRUG dealer caught with heroin and crack cocaine in central Oxford has been jailed after he was found with yet more drugs while out on bail.

Martell Osman, of Copse Lane, Marston, Oxford, was first stopped by police at about 3pm on February 21 in Oxpens Road, near to City of Oxford College.

Oxford Crown Court heard at his sentencing on Thursday that he had been 'aggressive' when he was stopped and had tried to avoid restraint, 'swinging his fists' at a police officer, according to Recorder Patrick Hamlin.

The 20-year-old was arrested for possession of cannabis and police later discovered 'on his person and inside his person' the court heard, a quantity of class A drugs including heroin and crack cocaine, consistent with drug dealing.

On analysis he was found with 17 wraps of heroin and 45 wraps of crack cocaine, about 4g of the class A drugs and a quantity of cannabis.

The street value of the drugs was estimated to be about £600.

Osman was then released on police bail but he was arrested a second time on an unrelated matter on April 21 and officers found yet more drugs on him.

He claimed he had been forced to act as a drugs mule for London criminals

Police discovered an even bigger quantity of drugs than the first time – 25 wraps of heroin and 48 wraps of crack cocaine.

In mitigation, his defence told the court he had been a vulnerable individual and a serial drug user, and said that there had been some 'duress' leading him to carry the wraps.

Osman had been forced to act as a drugs mule, the court was told, and was made to carry the drugs from London to Oxford in April to make up for losing them when he was stopped by police in February.

He had also been diagnosed with a dependence on cannabis and has 12 previous convictions for 14 offences.

Passing sentence, Recorder Hamlin said: "I accept that you are a troubled young man.

"It may well be that with the company you were in you then did find threats from those involved in drugs. In relation to the April matter that susceptibility may well have been applied.

"As far as the February offence is concerned I put this as significant role."

He was jailed for a total of 28 months for two counts of possessing heroin with intent to supply and two counts of possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply.