London man jailed for supplying drugs in Norfolkpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 18 June 2018
A man has been jailed for eight years managing drug dealing networks between London and Norwich.
John Abodunrin, 22, of Barnfield Gardens in south east London, pleaded guilty before Norwich Crown Court to possession with intent to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
The court heard how Abodunrin managed three mobile phone lines linked to drug dealers in the capital, and received a total of 143,075 messages or calls.
According to Norfolk Police, external, the phones were used to sell drugs in the Norwich and Great Yarmouth areas between July 2017 and March 2018.
Det Insp Tom Smith said: "When you look at the number of texts and calls it reflects the size and scale of some of these drug dealing networks."