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A rapper who once featured a top defence lawyer in a grime video after the barrister secured his acquittal in an attempted murder trial has been jailed for drug dealing, police said.

Adetokunbo Ajibola, known as Trapstar Toxic, was arrested after fleeing a flat filled with more than £30,000 worth of cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis, the Metropolitan Police said.

He was sentenced to five years at Harrow Crown Court on Friday after admitting possession with intent to supply and possessing criminal property, the force said.

The 26-year-old had bragged in a 2017 rap: "Weight (drugs) in this trap and I'll be done if feds raid it, I'm one step ahead I ain't complacent."

As officers raided his flat in Willesden, north west London, in April he jumped from a second-floor window and was detained on a nearby garage roof, Scotland Yard said.

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The property, described as a "drug operation factory", held hundreds of grams of Class A and B drugs which were seized along with £13,000 in cash, a custom £15,000 gold chain and high-end clothing worth more than £10,000, it added.

In 2017 the grime artist released a music video showing him shaking hands with James Scobie QC outside the Old Bailey after the barrister secured his acquittal in a three-week attempted murder trial.

The case concerned an alleged gang tit-for-tat shooting and Ajibola was cleared of two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, according to Garden Court Chambers.

Mr Scobie, one of the country's leading defence barristers, became the unwitting star of the viral video Out Ere, which has clocked up one million views on YouTube.

It features shots of stacks of cash being counted along with Ajibola wearing a garish gold chain, driving a flashy Audi, and boasting he spends "racks on my solicitors".

Ajibola admitted possessing cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply and possessing criminal property at Harrow Crown Court in June, Scotland Yard said.

Pc Dec James, who led the investigation, said: "Ajibola played a leading role in the control of the Class A and B drugs markets in the Willesden area.

"He reaped the financial rewards of his illegal enterprise with no thought given to the misery of drugs supply that he brought to the community where he lived.

"The Police will now begin confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover the assets seized, to ensure that Ajibola does not profit from his criminality."