DRUG dealers who ran a county lines operation to traffic drugs from Coventry to Leamington have been jailed.
At Warwick Crown Court, Mitchell Chantler, 24, of Moor Street in Coventry was jailed for five years and seven months after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine.
Cain McCann, 26, of Sowe Close, Bulkington was jailed for three years and three months after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property.
On February 3 of this year, plain clothed detectives gave chase after spotting a suspected drug deal in Leamington’s Victoria Park. After detaining a suspect, they seized his phone which included messages planning drug deals.
An investigation by Warwickshire Police’s Serious and Organised Crime Team led officers to Chantler and McCann, who were using dealers to traffic drugs from Coventry to Leamington.
When Chantler and McCann were arrested, officers seized a handwritten list of customers.
Det Insp Pete Sherwood from the Serious and Organised Crime Team said: “Like many people involved in county lines, Chantler and McCann were using other people to do their dirty work for them.
“The evidence from our investigation left them with little choice but to plead guilty and they will both now spend time behind bars.”
