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Banbury drug dealer jailed
14/12/2021
63-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property
A Banbury drug dealer has been sent to prison for three years after being spotted conducting a suspected deal in Malborough Place on June 2, 2020.
63-year-old Lorenzo Mighty of Boxhedge Road West pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property. He was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday (December 13).
After being spotted Mighty was found with crack cocaine, a small quantity of cash and a mobile phone when searched by officers. He was arrested and a subsequent house search discovered more drugs and a large quantity of cash.
Mighty was charged on 2 June this year.
PC Chris Eaton, based at Bicester police station, said: “The Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Tasking Team will continue to target drug dealing in the area.
“Our aim is to make it a difficult and hostile area to sell drugs – it will not be tolerated.
“Through Stronghold, we are committed to working in partnership to tackle serious organised crime and exploitation, such as county lines drug dealing.
“We continue to need the support of the public in this, and we would ask them to report any information that they have about drug dealing.
“This can be shared with Thames Valley Police on our website or by calling 101.
“You can also report anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam