Three jailed for county lines drug dealing in Weston-super-Mare
The group have been sentenced to over six years between them
Two men and a woman have been jailed for their part in a county lines drugs operation in Weston-super-Mare.
The group were arrested by Avon and Somerset Police last Autumn and have been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court.
19 year old Kaleb Wyman, from Birmingham admitted two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and one count of possession of an offensive weapon (knuckle duster) in a private place.
He's been jailed for three years and ordered to forfeit £1,189.90 believed to be from drug-related activity.
43 year old Brett Marshall, from Weston-super-Mare, has been given a two year prison sentence, after pleading guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
He was ordered to forfeit £100 believed to be from drug-related activity.
Louise Sanders, who's 45 and from Weston-super-Mare, received a prison sentence of 16 months after admitting the same offences as Marshall.
What happened?
Officers arrested Marshall last October after seeing him get into a car and leave a few seconds later, in a suspected drugs deal in Manilla Crescent.
His home address was searched, where Sanders and Wyman were present.
Wyman was found in possession of suspected class A drugs, over £1,000 in cash and a knuckle duster.
The investigation revealed all three were concerned in the supply of class A drugs in the Weston-super-Mare area, with the drugs coming into the town from the West Midlands.
PC Tom Highton from Avon and Somerset Police said: "Cocaine, heroin and other illegal substances cause an immense amount misery to people, not only drug users but the local communities too.
"We hope this result reassures the communities of Avon and Somerset that tackling drug supply remains a priority of ours. Information we receive relating to drug supply will be reviewed and that work enables us to plan proactive operations to target offenders, like was carried out in Weston in the autumn.
"The imprisonment of Wyman, Marshall and Sanders hopefully should act as a warning to anyone involved in the supply of illegal drugs that they risk a significant custodial sentence because we and our partners in the criminal justice system are determined to bring such offenders before the courts."