Drug dealer tried to flush cocaine down the toilet
POLICE’S RAID RECOVERED £28,000 ILLEGAL DRUGS HAUL
POLICE video footage shows a drug dealer trying to flush thousands of pounds-worth of cocaine down the toilet during a drugs raid.
The video, released by Nottinghamshire Police, shows the moment officers raided an address in Carlswalk Gardens in Top Valley on March 26.
Jamal Rodney was caught trying to get rid of the drugs down the toilet while co-defendant Emile Bonnick was also inside the property.
They were both arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a controlled drugs.
The class A drugs recovered had a street value of £28,090.
Officers also raided a house in Western Boulevard in Whitemoor, Nottingham, where a mobile phone used by “county lines” crooks was seized.
County lines is the term used to describe criminal gangs who move illegal drugs from big cities to rural areas and sell them via a dedicated phone line. They often use children and vulnerable adults who are recruited and exploited by these gangs.
Bonnick, 26, of no fixed address, admitted he played a “significant role” in the drug-dealing enterprise which spanned Nottingham and Lincolnshire.
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a controlled drug between July 18, 2019 and March 26, 2020, supplying class B drugs between January 13, 2017, and January 21, 2018, possession of class A drugs and possession of criminal property, namely cash.
Rodney, also 26, of Carlswark Gardens in Top Valley, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Bonnick was sentenced to four years and four months for his role and Rodney was sentenced for two years, suspended for two years, at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
Drug paraphernalia, including clear plastic wrappings, scales and a knife with white power on the blade were seized, along with three mobile phones.
Detective Inspector Paul Lefford, of Nottinghamshire Police’s Modern Slavery and County Lines team, said: “We have released footage from the arrests to demonstrate what officers have to come across with. This was excellent, controlled policing which was properly planned and expertly executed by professional officers.
“By releasing this footage, we hope it sends a message that if you deal drugs, exploit the vulnerable running a county lines operation, this is the robust professional policing response that will befall you and be the first action you will see in your empire collapsing and passage to prison.
“I’d like to praise the officers who have acted fast and decisively, not knowing who or what they would face when entering the property. They acted professionally to stop evidence being destroyed. That evidence was key as part of the investigation and showed the true extent of the criminality by both men.
“This result means that we have prevented cocaine reaching the streets across Nottinghamshire. We hope today’s sentence will provide a strong message to those who think they get away with any aspect of illegal drug activity in our community.
“I would like to thank the officers involved in this case and securing a fantastic result from the courts. By removing these drugs from the street we are preventing them from getting into the wrong hands and causing misery across Nottinghamshire.
“I would urge everyone who has been affected by illegal drug activity to report it to the police on 101 or crime stoppers on 0800 555 111.”