Drug dealer who was cuckooing the home of vulnerable man in Ely is jailed
A drug dealer who was ‘cuckooing’ the home of a vulnerable man has been jailed for more than three years.
Jorge Correia, 24, was using the man’s property in Abbots Way, Ely, as a drugs base, police learned.
When they visited the property, they found him trying to flush £1,000 of crack cocaine and heroin down the toilet and attempting to evade them by climbing out of the window.
Mobile phones found at the home linking Correia, of Hawthorn Road, London, to the ‘Alex’ county drug line. Officers also found about £1,000 in cash.
Correia admitted travelling from his home to Ely between April 2021 and January 2022.
He was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court on March 17 to three years and four months in prison after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property.
Det Con Tor Sayer said: “County lines is the name used to describe a crime network trafficking drugs using dedicated mobile phones.
“Correia was running the Alex line and cuckooing a home of a vulnerable person by taking over his property to use as a drugs base.
“We’re working to stop people like Correia getting a foothold in our communities. County lines is exploitative drug supply and is devastating to local communities, often beyond those who are directly involved in the local drugs scene.”
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