Man turned to drug dealing after his parents chucked him out over cannabis use

A young man from a ‘decent family’ was given an ultimatum by his mum, who was ‘sick to death’ of his cannabis use – before he was chucked out for ignoring her warnings and started selling Class As.

Mahyar Ghadri, 21, was ‘unable to support himself’ after being turfed out by his parents – and made some ‘very bad choices’.

He was dealing for around seven weeks before he was caught.

His lawyer described him as ‘very naive’.

Now Ghadri, from Wigan, has been locked up by a judge.

Bolton Crown Court heard Ghadri was arrested on December 13, 2019.

Police spotted him leaving a ‘suspicious’ van parked just outside Wigan town centre, Robert Smith, prosecuting said.

Ghadri had four tubs containing just over 12 grams of heroin packaged into 106 knotted wraps; 3.66g of cocaine in 40 wraps; and around 10g of cannabis.

It was estimated the value of the drugs was around £1,400. Around £1,700 in cash was found by cops after his house was searched.

Ghadri had three mobile phones containing messages relating to drug dealing, such as quantities and locations.

Interviewed by police, he made ‘full and frank admissions’ about supplying drugs under instructions, the court heard.

He claimed he did it to ‘fund his own cannabis habit’.

Defending, Mark Ferguson spoke of the ‘somewhat tragic’ circumstances surrounding Ghadri’s case.

“He comes from what…