Several drug dealers have been taken off the streets of Sussex in July and handed jail sentences.
A County Lines dealer bringing in drugs from London to Crawley is one of the criminals who helped sell crack cocaine, heroin and other Class A drugs in the county.
The three men below have all been jailed for multiple years after also being found with knives or other weapons and thousands of pounds in cash between them.
Kieran Martin
Kieran Martin was stopped in Eastbourne by patrolling police officers after he was caught handing out drugs to two groups of people.
Officers later searched him and found more drugs, money, and a large knife.
He was convicted of possessing a knife in a public place, supplying Class A drugs and possession with intent to supply.
Martin, 24, from Lewes, was sentenced to five years and seven months in jail by Lewes Crown Court.
Shy Ponsoby-Way
At just 19 years old, Shy Ponsoby-Way was found with 90 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin hidden in his groin by police officers after completing a deal in an alleyway near North Street in Brighton in January.
Ponsoby-Way, from Surrenden Crescent in Brighton, admitted four counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, two counts of possessing a knife, two counts of assaulting emergency workers and one count of possessing criminal property.
He was jailed for three years at Lewes Crown Court.
Omar Shackleton
A member of the “JJ” county drug line, Omar Shackleton was suspected of running heroin into Crawley from London.
He was convicted of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, possession of criminal property and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was sentenced to three years and one month in prison at Lewes Crown Court.
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