Monday 7 February 2011

Armed Cocaine Criminal Caged After Police Op


A drug dealer caught with three guns and £113,000 in cash when police raided his Bedfordshire home has been sentenced to thirteen-and-a-half years imprisonment.

Andrew Lee Wallman, 28, of Bradford Road, Toddington also had an industrial drug press and enough cutting agent to produce 50 kilos of cocaine.

He was arrested by the Metropolitan Police’s Middle Market Drugs Partnership, which specialises in targeting dealers in and around London with the co-operation of other law enforcement agencies.

Armed with a search warrant obtained after a careful intelligence operation officers swooped on Wallman’s address on July 17, last year.

They seized three handguns. An Olympic 0.38; a Czech 6mm Kora and a Reck 92F (pictured).

Also confiscated was 35 kilos of cutting agent Benzocaine, plus a drug dealer list.

After the sentencing at Luton Crown Court Serious Organised Crime Agency Principal Officer Nigel Eeles said: “We are determined to disrupt criminal networks on all levels.

“Justice has been served and we are pleased with this result which sends out a clear message to all those involved in serious crime.

“We will continue to work in partnership to rid our streets of drugs and firearms and prosecute those people responsible for organised crime.”

The Middle Market Drug Partnership is a joint partnership between the Metropolitan Police, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and City of London Police.

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