Drug dealer who supplied cocaine, heroin and crack across Cambridgeshire jailed for nine years
A drug dealer who was supplying crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin across Cambridgeshire and beyond has been jailed for nine years.
Mamadu Djalo is the first person sentenced as a result of Operation Hypernova, a crackdown on exploitation and illegal drugs in the county.
More than £155,000 of Class A drugs were found when police raided his home in Wolf Square, Peterborough, in the early hours of September 22, along with a large knife and his personal and ‘deal line’ mobile phones.
Investigations showed he used the deal line to send bulk text messages to people to sell crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin - and often visited places including Cambridge, Ipswich, Newmarket and South London.
Djalo , 28, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court last Friday (November 18), to nine years in prison. He had previously pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and possession with intent to supply cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine.
He also pleaded guilty to knowingly entering the UK in breach of a deportation order.
Det Con Luke Ephgrave, who investigated, said: “Djalo is the first person to be sentenced as part of this operation to make the county hostile towards county lines drug dealers and prevent further exploitation of young and vulnerable people.
“He was running a criminal enterprise supplying class A drugs across Cambridgeshire and beyond.
“The violence associated with this lifestyle routinely results in the use of weapons potentially causing significant harm to members of the public and communities as a whole.
“Our work to ensure people like Djalo before the courts and ultimately in prison, will continue.”
Operation Hypernova was supported by the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police and the Eastern Regional Specialist Operation Unit.
During it, 33 county lines were dismantled, and crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin and cannabis worth more than £600,000 was seized, along with hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash and assets, including vehicles, jewellery and clothing, plus several weapons.
For more information about Operation Hypernova visit www.cambs.police.uk/hypernova