Four machete-wielding drug dealers were sentenced on Thursday after being caught red-handed in south Essex.
Police pulled the gang – from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire – over in Ennismore Gardens, Southend, on July 1.
Inside their car, officers found a stash of drugs and knives.
Two of the drug dealers were sent straight to prison, but the other two walked free on suspended sentences.
The four men were:
Jaydon Ngounou, 21, of The Dart, Hemel Hempstead
Henri Eames, 19, of Bayford Close, Hemel Hempstead
-Peace Awoyemi, 24, of Washington Avenue, Hemel Hempstead
-Frankie Brinkhurst-Jones, 22, of Norton Road, Luton
Each of the four pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing a machete in a public place and one count of possessing a Class B drug – cannabis – with intent to supply.
They appeared at Basildon Crown Court on September 10 to be sentenced by Recorder Tony Badenoch.
He jailed Eames and Ngounou for 18 months each.
He sentenced Awoyemi to 15 months in prison, suspended for two years.
Brinkhurst-Jones got 12 months, also suspended for two years.
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