Three county line dealers from London who were supplying a town with more than £30,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis have been jailed.

In 2022, detectives identified an organised crime group who were using a specific phone number to target drug users in Maidstone.

Following a complex investigation, on March 30 last year, a raid was carried out at an address in Enfield where it’s thought the dealers were living.

Officers forced entry in the early hours through some patio doors and Sidrit Musallari was arrested in a downstairs bedroom.

The constables went upstairs where they found a bathroom had been locked. The door was forced open and the occupant, Besim Saraci, was detained.

A third suspect, Nuhi Duraku, was also arrested in an upstairs bedroom and a search of the property was completed.

Officers seized 33 separate wraps of cocaine and a solid block of the drug weighing 222 grams.

Quantities of cutting agent, digital scales, mobile phones, around 1.8 kilograms of cannabis bud and £9,495 in cash were also recovered.

Two Mercedes parked outside the address were seized and the three men were taken into custody.

The minimum street value of the cannabis and cocaine was later estimated to be £34,380.

Musallari and Duraku, both of Hadley Way, Enfield, and Saraci, of Station Road, Enfield, were later charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis.

Saraci, 34, and Duraku, 32, pleaded guilty to both counts at Maidstone Crown Court.

Musallari, 37, pleaded not guilty and was convicted of both charges on September 30.

On Monday (May 22), Musallari was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison. Both Saraci and Duraku were also jailed for five years and six months.

DC Chris Welham, of West Kent CID said: “These three dealers sought to supply large quantities of cocaine and cannabis into Maidstone and had no concern for the damage their actions would cause to the families of drug users and local communities.

“These criminals are quite rightly starting a lengthy prison sentence and we will be seeking to confiscate the seized cash and their vehicles using the Proceeds of Crime Act.”