Crack cocaine dealer jailed after being pulled from a taxi with drug phone

A crack cocaine dealer who was caught with a drug line phone in Cannock has been jailed for more than four years.

Daniel Gillis, 25, of Chadsmoor, Cannock, was stopped while he was getting into a taxi on Cannock Road in October.

Officers from our major and organised crime proactive teams searched him and found three mobile phones and £158 in cash. One of the phones was a drug line that had been set up to deal crack cocaine to local communities.

He already had licence conditions not to possess more than one phone or SIM following a release from prison.

Gillis was arrested and questioned in custody. He was charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and pleaded guilty to the offence at an earlier court hearing.

On Thursday (12 December), he was sentenced to four-and-a half-years’ imprisonment at Stafford Crown Court.

Officers from our major and organised crime teams are going after those responsible for high-harm crimes in our communities across Staffordshire every single day.

Since we launched or serious organised crime crackdown called Op Target in May last year, we have arrested more than 1,000 people suspected of drug and weapon offences in the county. More enforcement has come against those suspected of further crimes, including criminal exploitation, modern slavery and cyber-crime.

If you’re concerned about organised crime in your area, please get in touch by calling 101 or using Live Chat on our website.

To report anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.