![]() When arrested, and shown footage of the street deals, the 37-year-old accepted she was involved in the supply. He met with Johnson on both occasions in the Garden City area of Flintshire where he purchased heroin and crack cocaine worth £40 over both encounters. Prosecutor Nicola Williams told Judge Timothy Petts how 'Jimmy' arranged the deals over phone lines "run from urban hubs" that were suspected to be involved in supplying drugs. READ MORE: Injured dog carried four miles down Snowdon by couple after they are refused entry to train She was caught out twice by 'Jimmy' - once in December 2021 and again in March 2022. It was first launched in November 2021 as a test purchase operation targeting Class A drugs coming into the region via County Lines gangs.Ĭharlotte Johnson, of Riverside Park in Garden City, was jailed for two years and two months. The court heard they were each individually brought down after being snared by an undercover officer, named as 'Jimmy', working as part of Operation Blue Magnitude. All nine appeared before Caernarfon Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday. ![]() Massey will be eligible for parole in March next year.Nine cocaine and heroin dealers have been jailed for a total of 30 years after they were snared by an undercover police officer. Justice Refshauge sentenced him to two years and one month in jail. Justice Refshauge said it was clear from the covertly recorded evidence that Massey was dealing the drug on behalf of someone else. In his sentence, Justice Refshauge also acknowledged that Massey was a user-dealer and not the original supplier of the drugs. Massey not original drug supplier: Refshauge ![]() When he was nine, he moved to the ACT to live with his grandparents which he enjoyed as they taught him "discipline and manners". Justice Refshauge said while his personal experiences did not justify or excuse his offending behaviour, they " relevant to his subsequent offending". It also heard that Massey had tried to commit suicide a number of times. Massey diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia: court toldĪs well as his drug addiction, the court was told that Massey had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and was receiving medication for both. Over the decades the use of drugs increased, as did their strength, with Massey beginning to use speed and methamphetamine. Justice Refshauge found Massey had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse which started when he was 10 years old, when he would sneak beer and cannabis from his parents. The court heard that Massey's parents had both abused drugs and alcohol around him from a young age and that he had witnessed his father abuse his mother on a number of occasions. Justice Refshauge acknowledged Massey's turbulent and disrupted childhood as one of the contributing factors towards his drug abuse and offending behaviour. Today Justice Richard Refshauge said in his sentence that he acknowledged Massey was not selling the drugs for greed or financial gain, but to fuel his drug addiction Massey was caught trafficking the drugs to the police officer at the beginning of 2013, but was not arrested for the crime until 18 months later because of the ongoing investigation into other drug dealers. ![]() Matthew James Massey, 40, originally pleaded not guilty to selling more than seven grams of high-grade methamphetamine to the undercover officer when he first appeared in court in 2014.īut he changed that to guilty earlier this year, only days before his trial was to begin in the ACT Supreme Court. A Canberra man has been sentenced to two years' jail for selling drugs to an undercover police officer.
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