A county line dealer who brought Class A drugs from the Midlands to Kent has been jailed.

Martin Kamesa admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin following an investigation by Kent Police's County Lines and Gangs Team.

Kamesa, 24, of Gipsy Lane, Birmingham, was given a sentence of three years and nine months at Canterbury Crown Court last Tuesday.

Detectives investigated the "CJ" county line after it sent messages to drug users in Thanet from March 2022.

Enquiries suggested a dealer was bringing heroin and crack cocaine from the West Midlands and was using someone locally to help distribute the drugs.

Kamesa was identified as the runner from Birmingham and he was arrested in the city in August and brought to Kent for questioning.

Further investigation identified Donna Green, 42, as the person assisting Kamesa and she was arrested in Margate a week later.

"We quickly traced the man behind this line and shut down the network before it grew any larger..."

Green, of no fixed address, also admitted being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin and was given a suspended sentence at the same court hearing.

Det Con Karl Shonhard, of the County Lines and Gangs Team, said after the court hearing: "Drug dealing networks move in from outside of the county and try to co-opt local people into working for them.

"I am pleased that we quickly traced the man behind this line and shut down the network before it grew any larger.

"The jail term now secured will protect vulnerable people in the area.".