Drug dealer who fell for sexy texts jailed 15 months

A cocaine dealer who sold drugs to a flirty undercover police officer after she sent him sexy texts was sentenced Friday to 15 months in jail.

Andrew Abboud had initially hung up the phone on the Ottawa detective but later agreed to sell her a few grams of cocaine after the officer told him he was missing out on a set of “great t--s.”

Abboud argued at trial that the officer entrapped him, but a judge ruled otherwise.

Abboud argued he believed he was going to get to have sex with the woman. Abboud met with the officer — who he referred to in texts as “Miss Mystery T--s” — on three separate occasions.

Police later found more than a kilogram of marijuana, 18 grams of cocaine and 23 grams of crack at Abboud’s house.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Smith concluded Const. Joanne Pilotte’s racy texts were “close to the line” but didn’t violate Abboud’s rights. Pilotte testified she was portraying a “party girl” and sent the “flirtatious” messages to build a rapport with Abboud.

Smith said the 15-month sentence proposed by the Crown and defence was fitting for Abboud, whose criminal record included convictions for assault, criminal harassment and theft.

“Trafficking in crack cocaine is a serious problem in society,” said Smith.

Abboud’s lawyer, Mark Ertel, explained that his client has ”wound up being the subject of some joking almost everywhere he goes” because “people seemed to find it funny how the investigation was conducted.”