A notorious London gangster dubbed "The General" given a new life in Newport because the government cannot deport him has been caught dealing class A drugs for a second time.
Joland Giwa, 36, who arrived in the UK when he was aged 10, grew up terrorising the streets of Croydon, south London, with his gang called 'Don't Say Nothing' or 'DSN' for short.
Attempts to deport him to Africa – Giwa is believed to be from either Nigeria or Sierra Leone – were frustrated because no country would take him and it was decided that he would be sent to Newport to cut him off from his criminal connections in the capital.
Despite vowing to turn his life around, he struck again and was jailed for seven-and-a-half yea
rs in 2015 for a terrifying robbery at a William Hill bookies in Ringland.
He was jailed for four years and one month in April 2020 after he pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs in Newport
The defendant admitted possession with intent to supply heroin, possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and possession with intent to supply cocaine.
Giwa was back in Cardiff Crown Court this week where he pleaded guilty to the same offences as well as possession of criminal property.
These latest offences took place in Risca on February 17.
His sentence was adjourned to April 10 and he was remanded in custody.
When he was locked up six years ago, Tony Trigg, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court: “At around 2.10pm on Saturday, March 21, plain clothes police officers saw an unkempt man with the appearance of a drug user on West Street in Newport.
“He was standing near a children’s park when the defendant arrived on an electric scooter and met him.”
The two went into a nearby lane and the police went to arrest Giwa.
Mr Trigg said: “The officers approached the defendant and intended to search him and he, in an obvious panic, started lashing his arms out at them in a determined attempt to escape.
“He managed to slip out of his jacket and he was chased by the four officers who caught up with him and they had to use PAVA spray to subdue him and he was handcuffed.”
The court was told that Giwa was caught with class drugs with a potential street value of £4,700, £1,300 in cash and three mobile phones.
The defendant also pleaded guilty to possession of criminal property, resisting arrest and possession of cannabis.
Scott Bowen, representing Giwa, said: “He was released from prison on June 2019. He was living with his partner and their two children with a third on the way.
“The defendant had trouble signing on and he borrowed money from the wrong people.
“He was a drug runner for those more sophisticated than he. His best mitigation is his guilty plea at the first opportunity.”
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