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Wealthy rabbi 'traded cocaine for sexual services'

 
 
 
 
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Rabbi Baruch Chalomish faced drug charges in Manchester Crown Court yesterday

A wealthy rabbi financed a drug dealing operation in which girls were given cocaine in exchange for sexual services, a court heard yesterday.

Baruch Chalomish, 54, turned a city centre flat into a base for a ‘ commercial cocaine supply operation’ after abusing the drug himself, it was claimed.

He was arrested along with a friend, Nasir Abbas, also 54, with over £15,000 in cash and 100g of cocaine –some of which had a purity of up to 80 per cent – after police searched the flat in January this year.

Police also searched the rabbi’s home address in Salford, Greater Manchester, and discovered cash and a further 50g of cocaine scattered around the house in different containers.

When questioned by police, Abbas claimed that Chalomish didn’t sell the drugs but would allow any young woman who visited the apartment in Shude Hill, Manchester, to take the cocaine in exchange for ‘sexual services’.

But at Manchester Crown Court, prosecuting counsel Michael Goldwater said: ‘Our case is that Nasir Abbas and Rabbi Chalomish were dealing in controlled drugs.’

Rabbi Chalomish denies two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply, but has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine.

Nasir Abbas, who failed to attend court, denies one count of possession of cocaine, and another of possession with intent to supply.

The case continues.

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