A pair of drug dealers who took over a vulnerable man’s home have been sentenced. 

Huntingdon neighbourhood officers were checking on the welfare of a man in Ermine Street on September 30 last year when they found three men inside the flat. 

The occupant had barricaded himself to one side of the flat while the other side was being used to package and deal drugs. 

Inside they found heroin and crack cocaine worth almost £2,000 and more than £700 in cash. 

At Cambridge Crown Court on July 10, Adheel Rehma, 24, of Acocks Green, Birmingham, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. 

Leo Sacceddu, 19, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for 18 months at Peterborough Crown Court on 30 May. He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. 

PC James Sims, from the Huntingdon team, said: “Safeguarding vulnerable members of our community is an important part of neighbourhood policing and we won’t tolerate those that come into the town to deal drugs and exploit people.  

“If you are dealing drugs in Huntingdon, it could be your door we knock on next.”