Three men jailed for supplying class A drugs
They've been sentenced to a combined total of 13 years imprisonment
Three men have been jailed for dealing Class A drugs in Wiltshire.
Ayo Awoyera, 29, formerly of Chestnut Avenue, Pinehurst, Kenneth Brown, 46, of Raleigh Avenue, Swindon, and Dejuan Stewart-Richards, 29, of Warwick Grove, Hackney, were sentenced to a combined total of 13 years imprisonment for being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.
On March 5 this year, officers arrested Awoyera in Middleton Close on suspicion of drugs offences following intelligence by the local community.
Awoyera was suspected of storing drugs at an associated address in Gresham Close, Swindon.
While he was being conveyed to custody, officers executed a warrant at that address, where they located crack cocaine and heroin.
Police said the drugs were found in a safe, the key to which was found to be held by Awoyera.
Brown was also found at the address in possession of class A drugs, and a phone seized from him demonstrated his extensive involvement in local drug supply.
Ahead of the warrant taking place, officers tracked Awoyera’s movements.
He was seen to carry an object from his Kia Rio and to a BMW driven by Stewart-Richards which had travelled from London to Swindon that morning.
Officers then arrested Stewart-Richards, and £4,000 in cash, thought to be the package from Awoyera, was seized from his vehicle.
Enquiries by Police demonstrated an ongoing arrangement between Awoyera and Stewart-Richards to supply Class A drugs.
Wiltshire Police said following their arrests, they were all charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and remanded into custody.
Awoyera pleaded guilty and on September 12 was jailed for five years and six months.
Stewart-Richards was found guilty at trial and on September 12 was jailed for 27 months.
Brown pleaded guilty and at a hearing yesterday (October 14) he was jailed for five years and six months.
DC Jared Yalden from SOCU said: “We know the significant impact that class A drugs have on society, which is why we proactively target those who deal them in our communities.
“As well as the health impact on the users themselves, there’s the associated violence among dealers and wider criminality that drugs fuels, like shoplifting.
“We will continue to proactively target people like Awoyera, Brown and Stewart-Richards to make the county a safer place for all.”