Southwark drug dealer jailed for four years for supplying heroin and crack cocaine

A drug dealer has been jailed for four years after admitting supplying crack cocaine and heroin.

Jerome Simpson, 27, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to a total of four years’ imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.

Simpson had come to the attention of police after a mobile phone linked to drug dealing was seized during a stop in August 2019.

Simpson was identified as the person running the drugs line.

Checks on the seized phone identified that bulk messages were sent from the phone followed by little or no activity. These messages were coded advertisements to purchase class A drugs.

On November 7 officers attended an address in Coldharbour Lane, Southwark, to arrest Simpson. He was found attempting to evade officers by climbing on to the roof.

He was searched and found to be in possession of class A drugs estimated to be worth thousands of pounds.

Another address linked to Simpson was searched, where offices found £2,000 in cash.

In interview, Simpson refused to answer questions put to him about his drug supply, despite the amount of evidence against him.

He was charged and subsequently pleaded guilty at court.

Detective Constable Raymond Sekalongo, of the Central South Command Unit, said: “Simpson was a prolific drug dealer operating in the Lambeth area and his conviction demonstrates our commitment to taking criminals off our streets.

“Drugs dealing and its associated criminality blights communities, and I would urge anyone who has information about such activity to contact police.”

To report suspected drug crime, or alert us to someone you think might be vulnerable, call police via 101.

If you don’t want to tell police, then contact Crimestoppers – an independent charity – anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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