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Two men who ran a county lines drug operation have been jailed.
Oludewa Okorosobo and Seif Khalid Hashim were behind a drug supply service between London and Medway.
Met Police officers stopped 25-year-old Okorosobo's car in Denmark Hill on Thursday, February 28.
Hashim, 20, and a third man were also in the car. The trio were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
Officers recovered Okorosobo’s mobile phone, which they believed was being used to run a county line drug dealing service called 'Freddie' between the capital and Medway.
Another phone was also found in the car which uncovered another network called 'Sam'.
Met detectives and officers from Kent Police’s counter-drugs and gangs team Op Raptor, searched Okorosobo’s address in Flaxman Road, Camberwell where they found a pack of heroin.
"Violence, child trafficking and, of course, drug addiction are all linked to these toxic networks..." Det Con Ray Sekalongo
At Hashim's address in Dirleton Road, West Ham, they found six packs of heroin and cocaine with a street value of £3,460.
Hashim pleaded guilty to both charges at the Inner London Crown Court on July 5 and was sentenced on October 21 to two years and six months for three counts of conspiracy to supply a Class A drug.
Okorosobo pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs at the Old Bailey on July 24.
He was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on Friday.
A 17-year-old boy was found not guilty of two counts of conspiracy to supply a Class A drug.
Investigating officer Det Con Ray Sekalongo of the Met’s Violent Crime Taskforce (VCTF) said: “The phones had been used to send hundreds of messages at a time, advertising the availability of drugs to potential buyers from October 2017.
"The men used coded language in many of the messages, which we were able to decipher to prove what they were doing.
“County lines activity has far-reaching consequences for communities.
"Violence, child trafficking and, of course, drug addiction are all linked to these toxic networks.
"By putting Okorosobo and Hashim before the courts, we have ensured that there are two fewer people bringing this kind of misery to Kent."
