Two drug dealers have been sentenced for peddling cocaine in south Essex.
Benjamin Mears and Jacob Dymond, both from Thurrock, appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday (July 22) after pleading guilty to their roles in Class A drug trafficking.
Mears was jailed for more than four years but Dymond walked free on a suspended sentence.
Mears, 35, of Hall Road, Aveley, admitted that on August 19 he was in possession of a Class A drug (cocaine) and a Class B drug (cannabis), both with intent to supply.
He also admitted being in possession of cash which represented the proceeds of crime.
Prosecutors asked that two more charges, of being concerned in the supply of Class A and B drugs, be left to lie on file.
Recorder Gelaga King sentenced Mears to four years and one month in prison.
Dymond, 26, of Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon, admitted the same three charges as Mears, plus possession of an offensive weapon in a private place.
Police found a knuckleduster in his home.
The judge sentenced him to two years suspended for two years, with a requirement to participate in a drugs rehabilitation programme.
He will also have his location electronically monitored by tag for four months and have to complete 30 additional days of rehabilitation activities supervised by the probation service.
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