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Two men have been jailed for a combined total of 12 years for conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Ashford.
It comes after wraps of crack cocaine and heroin were found hidden behind a sofa at a property in Park Place earlier this year.
Trevor Grant, Kemar Harriott and Nia Morgan-Herman were arrested on two separate occasions after officers carried out search warrants at a flat used to supply drugs early last year.
The trio denied drug charges and were convicted following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court. Sentencing was passed at the same court on Wednesday.
Grant, Harriott and Morgan-Herman were first arrested at a flat in Park Place after police carried out a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act in January.
Nineteen wraps of crack cocaine, and 11 wraps of heroin, were found hidden behind a living room sofa and a further nine wraps of heroin were located elsewhere in the address.
Harriott and Morgan-Herman were also found carrying a small quantity of cannabis.
In addition to the substances, a mobile phone was seized and the offenders were initially released under investigation so forensic enquiries could be carried out on the recovered items.
Officers carried out a second warrant at the property in February, with all three men again found at the scene.
Heroin and crack cocaine was once again seized along with a quantity of cannabis and several mobile phones. Harriott and Morgan-Herman were again found in possession of cannabis.
Mobile phones, seized from the warrants, revealed they were being used to supply class A drugs.
Grant, 55, of Park Place, Ashford, denied conspiring to supply crack cocaine and conspiring to supply heroin. He was found guilty of each offence and sentenced to five and a half years.
Harriot, 37, of Galliard Close, Enfield, London, denied conspiring to supply crack cocaine and conspiring to supply heroin but was found guilty of each offence. He also admitted possessing cannabis and was sentenced to six and a half years.
Morgan-Herman, 20, of Elmwood Avenue, Feltham, London, denied conspiring to supply crack cocaine and conspiring to supply heroin but was found guilty of each offence. He also admitted two counts of possessing cannabis. His sentence has been deferred until June 2020.
Investigating officer DC Lee Heptinstall, said: "There is no place in Kent for people who seek to supply class A drugs and, as this case shows, we have the resources and capability to proactively target those who seek to offend.
"I am pleased the court has enforced strong custodial sentences against each offender, who were motivated by financial gain and cared little for the misery drug misuse causes.
"Everyone has a role to play in combatting drug dealing and I would encourage anyone with suspicions to report them to us on 101, or via our website, so that we can take the necessary action."
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