A man has been sentenced\u00a0to\u00a0three\u00a0years in prison\u00a0at Maidstone\u00a0Crown\u00a0Court\u00a0for supplying class A drugs as part of a\u00a0Medway drugs line.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abdirazak Guled, 32, was arrested by police in Chatham who were executing a warrant in September 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was found in possession of five wraps of heroin and a further search of the property uncovered 60 wraps of crack cocaine, the court heard today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also found in his possession was a burner phone and digital scales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When analysed by police the phone, ending with number 1954, was linked to a Medway drugs line known as J24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A police investigation concluded that Guled had a significant role in the operation, which would send bulk texts marketing the drugs it was supplying between July and September 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Previous convictions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The defendant originally stated that the drugs found were for personal use, but on February 14, 2023, he pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The defendant, who spoke in court only to confirm his name, has previous convictions for possession of a knife and drug offences, the court heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In mitigation, defence counsel Mr Saunders said Guled was \u201cintelligent, speaks well and could do well\u201d and that there was a tinge of sadness in reading out references from the defendant\u2019s family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He was a user who took an offer for accommodation in return for dealing drugs, he told the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In his sentencing remarks, the judge, Phillip St John Stevens, <\/strong>said: \u201cThere is no issue with the defence and court that you were fulfilling an important role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe phone you had on you was connected using its number to a county line drug phone which from evidence was being run from July to September 2020 when you were arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is no evidence that you were running that phone for that period, but it does demonstrate that you must have been aware that this was part of a larger operation, and you had some function within that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The judge reduced the sentence of four years and six months by a quarter due to the defendant\u2019s guilty plea, he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A man has been sentenced\u00a0to\u00a0three\u00a0years in prison\u00a0at Maidstone\u00a0Crown\u00a0Court\u00a0for supplying class A drugs as part of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n