Two sentenced in West Sussex for County Lines drug dealing
140 county lines have been disrupted in the past 18 months
Two more 'county lines' drug dealers have gone to prison for cocaine and heroin offences in West Sussex.
Hazret Avdyli, 26, of Eltham Green Road, London, was arrested at a flat in Littlehampton while trying to evade officers last October.
He pleaded guilty in February and on Wednesday 23 March was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court to four years imprisonment for being concerned in the supply of both crack cocaine and heroin in the Littlehampton area from London last year.
Abdullah Omar, 33, of Mountfield Road, London, was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the Bognor area and sentenced sentenced to eight years.
Omar had only been released from prison on licence in May 2019, half way through an 11 year sentence for the same offending.
Detective Inspector Alan Pack, head of the West Sussex Community Investigation Team said; "Both these sentencings resulted from close co-operation between ourselves and colleagues in the Metropolitan Police and Surrey Police, with support from our own colleagues in the Sussex Police Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU)."
"County Line drug dealing continues to be a threat across Sussex. The force's primary concern remains the exploitation and trafficking of vulnerable adults and children and we continue to put dealers under more pressure every month."