Two men arrested after Worcestershire County Lines shut down by officers
The pair were found guilty of possession with intent to supply both crack cocaine and heroin.
Two county lines have been shut and two men have been arrested following investigations by officers in Worcestershire.
‘County lines’ is the name given to the process and operation of drugs transported from predominately larger urban areas to smaller towns, often in rural areas, with the ‘line’ referring to the mobile number used to order the drugs.
Following an investigation into the Marlow county line, that was used to supply drugs in Redditch, officers executed a warrant at a property on Bushley Close in the town on 25 May 2022. When inside, the county line phone was found, along with several hundred of wraps of crack cocaine and heroin.
Kyiem Dormer was arrested at the property and on Friday 23 February he was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court.
Dormer, 22, of Hollybank Road in Birmingham was sentenced to three years and one month in prison for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.
On the 16 January this year, following an investigation into the Jumbo county line dealing in Redditch, officers stopped a vehicle at the Sainsbury’s service station on Bordesley Lane in Redditch. Inside the vehicle was Pharez Atkinson-Scott who was found to be in possession 20 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin.
Atkinson-Scott, 22, of Turnpike Close in Birmingham pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years and six months in prison at Worcester Crown Court on 16 February for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.