FOUR people have been jailed after being caught with more than £80,000 of cocaine in north Kent.
Peter Glisson, aged 25, from Strood, was given a five-year sentence after 668g of cocaine was recovered from his van, which was found near Ruffets Wood, Gravesend.
Christian Bennett, aged 20, of Malvina Avenue, Gravesend, got a four-year sentence after 11 wraps of cocaine and £1,200 cash were found in his car in Lower Higham Road, Gravesend.
Phillipa Jackson, aged 22, of Waterdales, Northfleet, received a 15-month sentence and Larisa Wild, of Thalia Court, Gravesend, was sentenced to 12 months after the pair were caught with 775g of cocaine as well as scales, bags and cutting agents.
The four were sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court having all previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
They had all been arrested in December last year.
Inspector Ivan Beasley, from Kent police, who led the investigation, said: “These sentences show how serious supplying cocaine is and should be a clear warning to any others involved in this type of crime.
“The north Kent police drug intervention team responsible for this excellent result continues on a daily basis with our partners to rid the harm to our communities that illegal drugs can cause.
“Cocaine is not a safe drug and is usually significantly mixed with other substances.
“In the north Kent area we have seen cocaine cut with various anaesthetics, cattle de-wormer and even cockroach poison.”
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