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Wealthy rabbi 'traded cocaine for sexual services'

By Tom Kelly
Last updated at 1:38 AM on 19th November 2009

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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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