Dealer sentenced for operating Sussex drugs line

A dealer who used mobile phones to advertise and operate a drug supply line in Sussex has been jailed, Sussex Police have reported.
By Matt Pole
Published 9th Apr 2024, 19:26 BST
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Sussex Police said David Bakare was seen using a hire car in Brighton linked to the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

Police said officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU) stopped him outside an address in Eastern Road, Brighton.

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Sussex Police said they noted how the 28-year-old was clenching his buttocks.

A dealer who used mobile phones to advertise and operate a drug supply line in Sussex has been jailed, Sussex Police have reported. Picture courtesy of Sussex PoliceA dealer who used mobile phones to advertise and operate a drug supply line in Sussex has been jailed, Sussex Police have reported. Picture courtesy of Sussex Police
A dealer who used mobile phones to advertise and operate a drug supply line in Sussex has been jailed, Sussex Police have reported. Picture courtesy of Sussex Police

Police said his vehicle was searched and drugs were found, so he was arrested.

In custody, Sussex Police said officers found wraps of drugs which Bakare had stashed inside himself.

Police said Bakare, of Tadema Road, Kensington, was already under investigation for supplying a psychoactive substance in Brighton in an earlier incident, where he was arrested by Brighton Response officers.

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Following an investigation by the Brighton Community Investigation Team (CIT), he was charged with offences.

At Lewes Crown Court on April 4, Sussex Police said he admitted being concerned in the supply of diamorphine (heroin), being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, and supplying a psychoactive substance.

Police said he was sentenced to four years and four months in prison.

The court heard how the first incident happened in Ship Street, Brighton, at 3am on September 17, 2022. Bakare was seen dealing from the boot of a silver Volkswagen outside a hotel.

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Police said he was supplying nitrous oxide from a cannister and was arrested.

Then between November 2023 and January 16 this year, Sussex Police said Bakare was linked to operating the ‘Snoop’ drugs line in Brighton.

He was linked to marketing class A drugs in the city, police added.

Officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit carried out a proactive stop on January 16 and noted his odd behaviour as he tried to conceal wraps of heroin.

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Sussex Police said an address in nearby Lavender Street also identified further evidence of drug dealing.

SEU Inspector Ollie Pullen said: “This case shows our determination to disrupt the supply of class A drugs which cause so much harm to our communities.

“This includes working to deny criminals the use of the road network.

“Thanks to a proactive vehicle stop, Bakare was caught in possession of drugs, and our colleagues in the Community Investigation Team worked hard to bring charges.

“Bakare had no choice but to plead guilty when the case came to court.

“We are pleased that a significant drugs operation in Brighton has now been shut down.”