Drug dealers locked up

Two Stoke-on-Trent based dealers have been locked up after they worked together to supply class A drugs across Staffordshire.

Lewis Redden, 20, from Fenton, and Marlon Dickens, 28, from Blurton, were sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday 14 August after both pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin.

Redden was locked up for one-year-and-eight-months, while Dickens received three-years-and-nine-months behind bars.

It follows an investigation into a class A drugs line by officers from our major and organised proactive teams.

Their work enabled us to search two addresses in Stoke-on-Trent. Raids took place on Monday 20 February and Tuesday 21 February this year, where evidence used in the case was secured.

We are continuing to proactively target serious and organised crime across Staffordshire.

We launched Operation Target in May last year and have been working hard to disrupt serious crime across the county, including drug supply, illegal firearms, knife crime and human trafficking.