Former Glasgow police officer jailed for 12 months for dealing cocaine and cannabis
Dilexan Aloysious, 32, was stopped three times in seven months by his former colleagues with drugs worth more than £20,000 hidden in cars.
Ingram Street, Glasgow, where one of the stops took place. File photo. · Photograph: Richard Sutcliffe (CC BY-SA 2.0)
A former Glasgow police officer has been jailed for 12 months after admitting dealing drugs across Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
Dilexan Aloysious, 32, from the Gorbals, pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. He also admitted having a baseball bat in a public place without a reasonable excuse.
The court heard he was stopped by police three times between January and July 2025, each time with drugs in the car he was driving. Over the three stops, officers recovered cocaine worth £5,960, cannabis worth £3,040 and crack cocaine worth £11,200, with a purity of 83%.
First stop: East Kilbride
On 30 January 2025, officers followed a silver Hyundai i30 on West Mains Road in East Kilbride. When it stopped, they spoke to Aloysious and a passenger and noticed a smell of cannabis.
The passenger told officers he had drugs on him and was found with 2.44 grams of cocaine. Prosecutor Abbas Ali told the court the man confirmed he had bought it from Aloysious. A search of the car found £1,300 in cash, wraps of cocaine, bags of cannabis and a mobile phone. Aloysious was arrested.
Second stop: Ingram Street
On 6 June 2025, officers saw Aloysious using a mobile phone while driving an Audi A5 on Ingram Street in Glasgow city centre. They smelled cannabis, and police records showed a warning linked to concealing drugs in vehicles.
Aloysious told officers there was a small amount of cannabis in the driver's door. A wrap of cocaine was found in his sock, and a search of the car uncovered 110.9 grams of crack cocaine, 78.82 grams of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. Fourteen wraps of cocaine were hidden in a magnetic box under the bonnet.
Third stop: Cathcart Road
On 22 July 2025, plain-clothes officers spotted him driving a Hyundai i30 on Cathcart Road. When the car was stopped, officers found cannabis in smell-proof bags in the driver's door, behind a headlight and in the engine bay, as well as more cocaine in a magnetic box. A baseball bat and ball were in the boot, and a notepad that appeared to be a dealer's tick list was on the passenger seat.
Phone evidence
Analysis of his phone found messages about drug drop-offs, including addresses, quantities and prices, and one warning about a police car near St Enoch. The court also heard that in June 2025 he had searched ChatGPT for the best way to store items to keep smells in.
Aloysious was previously based at a police office in Maryhill and was stopped by officers who had been his colleagues. He was jailed for 12 months after admitting the charges.