A Kent man has been jailed after being arrested for dealing crack cocaine and heroin.

Gary Stow was one of several drug dealers caught during a police operation in Dover earlier this year.

The operation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate was investigating drug networks in the town.

Stow, 51, was arrested in February and charged with six counts of supplying Class A drugs.

The charges related to offences that the he carried out between September and October last year.

Stow, formerly of The Fairway, Deal, admitted all six counts at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday.

He was sentenced at the same court yesterday, and given a total sentence of five years and seven months.

"The sale of illegal drugs will not be tolerated"

Investigating officer Detective Constable Chris Weatherstone said: "Dealers like Stow bring misery to drug users, their families and the communities they live in.

"I am pleased that our operation has removed Stow from the streets of Dover for a significant length of time.

"I hope the sentence sends out the message that the sale of illegal drugs will not be tolerated in Kent."

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