A fast-food worker who was dealing drugs from the delivery vehicle has walked free from court.

Bashir Ahmad was behind the wheel of a Punjab Grilled Chicken car when police pulled it over.

And as well as having hundreds of pounds on him the 32-year-old also had cannabis and a dealer phone in the vehicle

“Mr Ahmad was delivering drugs whilst he was delivering fast food,” Judge Robert Pawson said.

Colin Meeke, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court police on patrol spotted the car in the early hours of Saturday April 15, 2017. “They had a report that the vehicle was being used for drug dealing. They stopped it and spoke to the occupants,” he said.

After smelling cannabis they searched the car and found a wad of notes in his back pocket and another man, Saiful Islam, 29, was in the passenger seat.

“The vehicle was searched and three loads of cannabis were found under the passenger seat where Mr Islam had been sitting.

“Under the cover of the driver’s seat was a mobile phone which Mr Ahmad said was not his but he had access.”

Mr Meeke said that it was opened using the same PIN number as the one for his own personal handset.

On the wrapping for one of the bags of drugs, which weighed 13g, 20g and 6g, police found a print from his left ring finger. The defendant also had two small bags of cocaine on him which weighed 1.7g and at his home police found a shoe box containing £1,500 in cash.

Ahmad, of Swanley Walk, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis and possessing cocaine.

In an oral report probation officer Jackie Reynolds said he had met Islam when they worked together at Domino's, where the other man was a manager.

She said he came to the UK from Afghanistan in 2008 and thinks he has PTSD from what he saw in his homeland.

He now has a wife and three-year-old daughter, who he says is his first priority, but still uses cannabis and cocaine.

She said he worked as a self-employed Amazon delivery driver and insisted the £1,500 found at his council owned home was money his wife had saved from benefits.

Ayelen Tunon, defending, said he is full of remorse for what he had done. The judge imposed a six-month jail term suspended for 18 months with 120 hours of unpaid work and rehabilitation activity requirement.

Islam, of Pembroke Gardens, Moredon, was put on a community order by magistrates last year after admitting being concerned in the supply of drugs.