Rugby drug dealer jailed following plain-clothed policing operation
30-year-old Reece Brightwell's been jailed for four years and one month.
A 30-year-old man has been jailed for four years and one month after being arrested during a proactive policing operation targeting drug dealing.
Reece Brightwell of Park Road, Rugby was arrested as part of regular plain clothed patrols carried out by Rugby Proactive CID.
He admitted charges of possession with intent to supply cocaine, being concerned in the supply of cannabis and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place and was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on Wednesday (12 July).
He was jailed for four years for these offences and received an additional month in prison for breach of a suspended sentence order.
Brightwell was arrested after officers spotted him dealing drugs from his car in Abbey Street, Rugby. They stopped the car a short time later in Oxford Street where they seized drugs, cash, and a phone.
A search of his home and another house in which he regularly resided in Gilbert Avenue led to the seizure of more drugs as well as two knuckledusters and two swords.
Analysis of Brightwell’s phone found evidence of drug dealing going back over several months.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Chris Batchelder from Rugby Proactive CID said: “The damage caused by the illegal drugs is far reaching. Drug dealers cynically target some of the most vulnerable members of society.