Over the last few weeks or so, I’ve been following the case of Baruch Chalomish who has recently been cleared of dealing cocaine but admitted possession (for those who haven’t read the story, you can read the ‘clearance’ piece here).
Looking at that article I couldn’t help but shake my head in disbelief. How stupid and naive must the jurors have been to clear Chalomish of dealing cocaine?! Here’s why;
“The 54-year-old father of three, who says he is worth £7m net from his commercial property empire, admitted he had become addicted to cocaine, spending up to £1,000-a-week on the drug.”
What people are failing to realise is £1000 a week on cocaine for personal use is EXCESSIVE. When I say EXCESSIVE, I mean STUPIDLY SO. The current street value per gram of cocaine is around £40. £1000 a week equates to 25 grams. You can get around 4-8 lines per gram depending on how stingy/generous you are. 25 grams per week is 3.5 grams a day. That’s 14-28 lines a day. I don’t care how depressed you are over the death of your wife, NOBODY is going through 14-28 lines of coke a day alone. He had an accomplice so he must take about half right? 7-14 lines a day for somebody who is 54 years old isn’t achievable. That’s a half a line to a line for every hour that you are awake, not to mention that his friends would notice him coking out of his face. I would happily pay for all his cocaine to prove him wrong.
“When police raided a one-bed hotel apartment in Shudehill, Manchester, on January 5, they found Chalomish together with convicted drug dealer Nasir Abbas along with 50g of cocaine dotted around the apartment, digital scales, nearly £3,000 in cash and cutting agent used to dilute the drug before it is sold.”
A one bed hotel apartment in the city centre close to clubs and bars? Perfect selling spot. Chalomish together with a convicted drug dealer? A way of getting the cocaine – drug dealing is as much about networking as it is about making money. 50 grams of cocaine dotted about the apartment? Just in case somebody runs in to try and rob them/police go to raid – drugs all in one place looks worse than drugs scattered around. Plus it’s harder to find, once you’ve found one lot, you’d probably think that was it. Digital scales? Why would you need scales if it was for personal use? Surely if you spend £1000 a week on cocaine, you wouldnt need to weigh what you get as you’d trust your dealer right? You’re lining his pockets – he wouldnt rip you off for a few quid, a happy customer means guaranteed income. Cutting agent used to dilute the drug before it is sold? Too easy.
“Police also raided the rabbi’s home on Upper Park Road, Broughton Park, and found a further 50g of cocaine, more cutting agent and nearly £16,000 in cash.”
So that’s now 100 grams between 2 addresses and more cutting agents. Street value = £4000 minimum. You can charge up to £60 a gram when selling to desperate ravers. Purchase price, around £2500-£3000 depending on how much weight you buy in one go. And who the hell keeps £16′000 in CASH in their house? You certainly wouldn’t do that with legit money and you couldnt put £16′000 of dirty money in your bank without them noticing.
“He said the huge supply of the drug found at his home was for his personal use, claiming he was a natural hoarder who liked to stockpile other goods like tins of food and boxes of tissues as well as cocaine.”
I’ve seen Jewish people shop. They don’t hold back. Maybe it’s because they dont like to shop every week or maybe they love a deal but I’ve seen Jewish people buy LOADS of the same stuff all at once. I used to work in FADS which had a pound section and every few weeks, Jewish families would swarm the shop and clear us out of toilet roll and bleach.
He told the court he used it to sleep.
Who the hell uses cocaine to SLEEP?! He’s blatantly trying to insult the jury here – I bet he was laughing inside when he said this. I would be his personal slave if he could take a line of cocaine and go to sleep. Cocaine is a stimulant!
His friends and family told the court the rabbi was a generous giver, handing over £70,000-a-year to his brother-in-law’s charity and slipping envelopes stuffed with cash through letterboxes of the needy.
The Jewish community is a close tight knit community. Laundering/hiding money with good friends isn’t difficult. It also helps if your friend has a charity. I’d like to see those business accounts.
His co-accused Abbas, 54, of Manchester Road, Chorlton, was jailed for six years in his absence after the jury found him guilty of supplying the cocaine at the party.
Surely if his friend was guilty of supply at the party, Chalomish must be too right? It’s Chalomish’s property and party, he uses the cocaine at the party and knows that people are using and obviously buying the cocaine so he must be at LEAST an accessory to supplying?
The above story and his clearance of suppling drugs is ridiculous. Anybody with an ounce of intelligience would question why he had scales at the apartment. Why cutting agent was found there AND his personal address. You dont cut your own personal cocaine. Period. The money? £70′000 for charity? I CAN’T believe that for a second, purely because it’s ridiculous. £1000 a week on cocaine? No. Not possible, especially when you’re 54 years old.
It just goes to show how much status in the community helps you get away with dealing Class A drugs.
