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. Kieran Martin (Image: Sussex Police) 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. Read the full story here . 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.
Shy Ponsoby-Way (Image: Sussex Police) He was also found on separate occasions to have assaulted two police officers as well as being in possession of a knife. 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 emergen.