Armed Drug Dealer Locked-Up

A knife-carrying drug dealer – finally caught during a police raid – has been jailed.

Tereece Ellis, 23, was eventually hunted down by the Metropolitan Police's Violent Crime Taskforce.

At Harrow Crown Court he received twenty months imprisonment.Ellis pleaded guilty to possession, with intent to supply, cannabis; possession of a knife and possession of criminal property, namely £3,100 cash.

He also admitted previously jumping bail when he failed to appear at court.

The court ordered the forfeiture of the cash, which represented the profits of Ellis' criminal activity.

Ellis had been wanted by police in relation to a drugs possession offence from November, 2020.

He was also wanted for a separate knife offence when his DNA was linked to a discarded knife from a stop and search encounter in September, 2020.

In response to this, officers from the Violent Crime Taskforce launched an investigation, named Operation Revati, to track Ellis down.

On Thursday, December 3, last year officers carried out a drugs warrant at an address in Willesden, where a quantity of cannabis, drug paraphernalia, cash and two large combat knives were seized.

Police Sergeant Purvak Vora said: “This operation highlights our dedication to relentlessly pursue high harm offenders and bring them to justice.

“It also demonstrates that violence and drugs go hand in hand, which is why investigations into those intent on supplying drugs are so important in our continued efforts to drive down violent crime.”