Four drug dealers who unknowingly sold heroin and crack to undercover police who seized over 500 wraps of the drugs when the gang were rounded-up are starting prison sentences.
Camden police’s Criminal Investigation Department mounted a surveillance operation after intelligence collected by the Safer Neighbourhoods Team identified the dealers.
They are: Lee Porter, 34, of Endsleigh Gardens, Bloomsbury (pic.top) David Gittens, 44, of Parker Street, Holborn (pic.2nd top) Adrian Thompson, 23, of Little Dimocks, Balham (pic.3rd top) and Jonathan Fox, 49, of Parker Street, Holborn.
Porter received three-and-a-half years for supplying heroin and crack cocaine.
Gittens received four years and four months for being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and money laundering.
Thompson received eight years for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin, and money laundering.
Fox received five years for being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.
Porter was identified by officers as a street dealer within the network and Gittens and Fox would hold on to the packages and collect the money with Thompson also delivering drugs on a daily basis.
On January 13 officers identified a vehicle used by the gang in Parker Street, Holborn while Porter and Gittens, loitered nearby.
Police stopped the vehicle, arresting the passenger Thompson, who had over 500 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin.
Officers also arrested Porter and Gittens -who was carrying a large amount of cash –and Fox was arrested following the execution of a warrant.
All four men pleaded guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Detective Constable Paul Heselwood from Camden CID said: “Drug dealing in Camden is an increasingly risky business and it's only a matter of time before we catch you.
“I hope these long prison sentences act as a deterrent and make people think twice.”
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