Prison sentence for drug dealer

A drug dealer was brought to justice today thanks to an investigation launched following a routine stop for speeding led to the discovery of drugs and cash.

Officers on patrol in West Street, Bourne had seen a vehicle speeding on 28 January. When the vehicle was stopped, they found Jordan Thompson, 23, was a passenger.

As part of the stop, they carried out checks on him, and also carried out a stop and search of him and the vehicle. This resulted in officers recovering drugs, money and a so-called ‘burner’ phone.

A further search of his flat at the time, uncovered a substantial amount of drugs and money in a safe within the property.

The drugs included a mixture of cannabis, cocaine and MDMA pills, and almost £3,500 cash.

From there, an investigation was undertaken, which included: intelligence departments; Response officers and Special Constables carrying out proactive patrols and acting on any new emerging intelligence; digital forensics to examine mobile phones which held messages offering drugs for sale; drugs expert witnesses to analyse the drugs; detectives counting, photographing and recording drugs; searches; interviews of the suspect; and Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) labs with fingerprinting and attributing drugs and equipment to the suspect.

The overwhelming volume of evidence led to an early guilty plea, saving many hours and the court’s time.

Thompson, of Burnside Avenue, Market Deeping was sentenced for two charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply others.

He also admitted two further charges of possessing Class B drugs with intent to supply others. The offences occurred between 27 January 2022 and 30 January 2022.

He has now been sentenced to 31 months in prison for the Class A offences, and a further nine months imprisonment for the Class B drugs offences, to run concurrently.