Deported drug dealer back on UK streets despite violent past | UK | News
A convicted drug dealer deported from the UK is showcasing his return to Britain’s streets on social media. Patrik Durac, 27, a Czech citizen, was deported from the country in 2023 after being found guilty of a number of offenses including Class A supply. drugs and severe disorder.
Pictures posted on Facebook show Durac gesticulating and hiding his face when he returns to England. A few months after returning to the country, he reportedly was deportedHe was spotted in Stoke-on-Trent wearing ripped jeans and a designer jacket worth £1,500.
Kidsgrove Mayor Jonathan Gullis said: Mail: “This violent, convicted drug dealer was supposedly deported for good, but he still managed to repeatedly sneak into the UK and spread fear and misery across our communities.”
He said people in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and across the UK were clamoring for proper border controls to ensure foreign-born criminals did not treat Britain’s borders as a revolving door and continue to endanger British people.
Durac was part of a gang that attacked a man in front of children at a bus station in Hanley, Staffordshire, on a busy Saturday afternoon.
He was sentenced to 10 months in prison in December 2019 after pleading guilty. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Durac was unable to work due to his health and relied on his family to support him. Stoke Sentry reports.
Just over two years later Durac was back in court after police stopped a car in which he was traveling and found £14.90 worth of cocaine and heroin as well as cash.
He admitted concerns about the supply of Class A drugs and was sentenced to 14 months in prison in 2021. Stoke Sentry.
Another court heard Durac tried to exploit a “back door” for immigrants to Britain by boarding a ferry from Ireland to Holyhead using false documents, the Daily Mail reported.
The career criminal was deported indefinitely in 2023, but in 2024 he posted photos of himself in the UK on social media.
He was removed from the UK in March for immigration offenses but was re-arrested in Holyhead on 5 December under the name Martin Rafael.
Durac was identified after fingerprint checks were carried out, but he still told magistrates in Llandudno that he had “never heard of” Patriarch Durac. It is believed that he changed his name while abroad. He admitted entering the UK in breach of a deportation order.
District Judge Gwyn Jones said: “Of greater concern is the past record which shows that you persisted in attempting to enter the UK while subject to a deportation order and continued to offend.”
In a statement, the Home Office said: “Everyone entering the UK must comply with immigration rules. Anyone who enters in breach of a deportation order will be detained and removed.
“The Home Secretary has announced the most sweeping reforms of modern times to remove the incentives that attract illegal immigrants to the UK and ensure the removal of those who have no right to remain.”
