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Drug dealers jailed after heroin and cocaine worth £100,000 found in Dover

By: Charlie Harman

Published: 17:30, 03 November 2020

Updated: 18:13, 03 November 2020

Two drug dealers have been jailed after kilos of Class A drugs worth £100,000 were found.

Jack Moore, 30, and Thomas Wood, 44, were stopped by officers acting on intelligence in Limekiln Street, Dover on March 13.

Jack Moore suffered serious injuries in his attempt to evade arrest

In their Ford van, officers found three bricks of heroin weighing nearly two kilos and more than 50 wraps of cocaine, which had a total street value of around £100,000.

Moore, of Fincham Road, Liverpool, and Wood, of no fixed address, have since admitted two counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.

On Friday, Moore was given a five-year, three-month sentence at Canterbury Crown Court and Wood was sentenced to four years and 87 days.

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On the day of their arrest, Moore ran from an officer taking part in the van stop and fell from a wall on to a landing below, suffering serious injuries.

He was later discharged from hospital before facing court.

Along with the drugs, officers discovered around £3,000 in cash, phones, scales and other drug dealing equipment.

Thomas Wood got the lesser of the two sentences, being jailed for more than four years

Investigating officer Detective Constable Laura Corbin said: "As the judge found, Moore and Wood were higher up the chain than street dealers, and were playing leading roles in dealing drugs in Kent.

"The drugs we seized as part of this operation would have led to more crime in the county and more misery for vulnerable drugs users and I am pleased to see significant sentences handed down.

"Kent Police is determined to disrupt drug dealing networks and to shut down the activities of those who bring illegal substances into the county from elsewhere."

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