Drug dealer jailed after threatening 'customer' with imitation firearm
Cambridgeshire Police say the case highlights the seriousness of drug dealing
Cambridgeshire Police say a drug dealer who threatened a ‘customer’ with an imitation firearm in Wisbech has been jailed for almost three years.
27-year-old Bartlomiej Matysiuk is reported to have delivered some cannabis to the victim on 17 September 2021, however the customer refused to pay due to feeling he was undersold on a previous occasion.
Just 20 minutes later after he left, he came back with another man, this time armed with a BB gun - during which the victim then managed to seize the weapon off him.
During this, the gun was fired into the room a number of times, say Cambridgeshire Police.
Matysiuk left the house again, leaving the gun behind, but returned a short while later with six other people in tow and made demands for money, but fled once police were called.
It wasn't until January 2022 when Matysiuk was arrested - despite the gun being seized and a manhunt being launched.
A search of his home in Orange Grove, Wisbech, uncovered cocaine and class B drugs including cannabis, ketamine, chloromethcathinone (CMC) and methylmethcathinone (MMC) worth up to about £11,000.
Multiple mobile phones containing messages relating to drug dealing, £2,740 in cash, a holster for a pistol and BB pellets were also found.
Matysiuk pleaded guilty to possession of a class A drug (cocaine), three counts of possession of a class B drug (cannabis, ketamine and CMC/MMC), possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and being concerned in the supply of a class B drug (cannabis).
He appeared at Huntingdon Law Courts on Wednesday (31 July) where he was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison.
He has also been made subject of a four-year restraining order banning him from any contact with the victim, as well as having to forfeit £2,740 in cash seized from his home - £1,000 will be paid to The Light Project charity in Wisbech, £1,000 to Peterborough Women’s Aid and £740 to Peterborough Council for Voluntary Services (PCVS).
Detective Constable Chris Herring, who investigated, said: “This case highlights the seriousness of drug dealing and the levels of violence it often brings.
“There is no place for this sort of behaviour in our communities, I hope this result serves as a warning to others.”
Information about drugs can be passed to us online via the Cambridgeshire Police website.