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Neil Wheatley faces jail after £600,000 of cocaine seized in Medway

By: Keith Hunt

Published: 14:55, 14 January 2019

Updated: 16:11, 14 January 2019

A drug dealer is facing jail after police seized a large amount of cocaine worth about £600,000.

Neil Wheatley admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug and possessing criminal property - £40,000 – when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court by video link with Elmley Prison on Monday.

The 48-year-old, who worked at First & Business Class Travel in Rochester High Street, was stopped in a Mini in Gundulph Road, Chatham, on December 14 last year and a small amount of the drug was found.

Maidstone Crown Court (6490682)

A property was searched and officers found blocks of cocaine weighing about a kilo hidden in a wall, along with the cash.

Sentence was adjourned until Friday, February 15.

Wheatley, of Tuscan Drive, Lordswood, was remanded in custody.

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