A POLICE chase through Victoria Park in Leamington led to two drug dealers being jailed.
Mitchell Chantler and Cain McCann were spotted in the park carrying out a suspected drug deal by plan clothed detectives on February 3.
After detaining the suspects, a phone was seized which included messages detectives suspected were planning drug deals.
An investigation revealed that Chantler and McCann were running a county lines operation using dealers to traffic drugs from Coventry to Leamington.
When Chantler and McCann were arrested officers also seized a handwritten list of customers.
Appearing at Warwick Crown Court on Friday August 22, Chantler, 24, of Moor Street, Coventry was jailed for five years and seven months after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine.
McCann, 26, of Sowe Close, Bulkington was jailed for three years and three months after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property.
Detective Inspector Pete Sherwood said: “Like many people involved in county lines, Chantler and McCann were using other people to do their dirty work for them. The evidence from our investigation left them with little choice but to plead guilty and they will both now spend time behind bars.”
