Two drug dealers from Lewisham who were caught by police with a kilo of 92 percent pure cocaine in a Primark bag have been jailed.

Florenc Kola, of Woodland Street in Deptford, and Nasied Mitro – also known as Nasied Sotra – of Honor Oak Park in Forest Hill, were sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on January 31.

The pair were among three who all pleaded guilty to charges at an earlier hearing before Kola and Mitro each were handed six-year prison sentences.

It comes following a crackdown by authorities when they stopped three men from Albania who were travelling in a black-coloured Vauxhall Vectra in Rochester last August.

A search by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Metropolitan Police discovered a Primark paper carrier bag which contained a kilo block of cocaine.

Mitro also had £1,320 in cash on him and two mobile phones, while Kola was in possession of £400.

The third man – Shpati Hakili, of Woodstock Road in Rochester – denied any knowledge of the cocaine during an interview.

But a receipt for underpants he had bought from the shop a week before was found in the Primark bag, before CCTV footage also caught him buying the goods.

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The cocaine found in the Primark bag

Hakili also had £275 and three mobile phones on him during the search and was jailed for seven years.

A spokeswoman for the NCA said: “Further enquiries by OCP [Met’s organised crime partnership] officers uncovered that Kola and Mitro were in the UK illegally.

“Mitro was also carrying a false Greek driving licence [SR1] at the time of his arrest.”

Both Kola and Mitro will be deported at the conclusion of their respective sentences.

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Shpati Hakili

Matt McMillan, from the OCP, said: “We have successfully disrupted an organised crime network involved in supplying class A drugs. Two of those involved were in the UK illegally and will now be deported after serving their sentence.

“During interview Hakili initially denied any knowledge of the cocaine. However, the receipt found in the shopping bag and the CCTV evidence showed he was lying from the outset.

“We know that every organised crime group relies on cash flow. Disrupting their activity and confiscating the money that is so important to their business stops them from investing in other criminal activity.

“We will continue to do all we can to stop organised crime groups and will use all the tools available to us”.