Police find man with knife at M1 service station near Mansfield

A man has been jailed for possession of a knife and drugs offences after police stopped a car he was in at an M1 service station near Mansfield.
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Adeel Hussain was arrested in April after officers from the Derbyshire Police roads policing unit spotted a car driving the wrong way round the one-way system at Tibshelf services.

The 19-year-old, who was 18 at the time, was a passenger and officers found what they believed to be Class A drugs and a knife during a search.

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He was questioned and subsequently charged with possessing a knife in public, possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply and possessing cannabis.

Adeel Hussain has been jailed for two years.Adeel Hussain has been jailed for two years.
Adeel Hussain has been jailed for two years.

Hussain, of Almond Street, Derby, admitted the offences and was sentenced to two years imprisonment following a hearing at Derby Crown Court..

A police spokesperson said: “During April we took part in Operation Sceptre, a national week of intensification in the fight against knife crime and officers continue to work tirelessly to reduce serious violence and knife crime all year round through Project Zao.”