Peterborough drug dealer jailed as part of county lines operation
Investigations revealed explicit drug related content
A man has been jailed as part of an operation to crack down on county lines drug dealing and human trafficking across Cambridgeshire.
Police arrested Jamie Payne, as part of Operation Hypernova, at his home, in Peterborough.
Inside his flat they found £300 cash, a mobile phone, drug paraphernalia and designer clothes and shoes worth thousands of pounds.
A further £3,370 in cash and a small amount of cannabis was also recovered from an address linked to Payne, in St Ives Road, Woodhurst.
Investigations revealed explicit drug related content on his phone as well as messages to another dealer telling him to send out bulk messages to drug users.
At Huntingdon Crown Court, Payne was sentenced to five years and ten months after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Detective Constable Jeremy Turner, who investigated, said: “Payne is the latest drug dealer to be jailed as part of this operation and marks another significant step in our continuing work to tackle county lines networks and the exploitation that comes with them.
“These groups cause immense harm, not only through the drugs they supply, but by preying on vulnerable people to sell drugs for them.
“We remain committed to bringing these offenders to justice and safeguarding those at risk of exploitation.”