A south Essex drug dealer has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after being pulled over for driving offences.
Elvis Lala, 18, of Rokells, Basildon, was caught by Essex Police driving a Toyota Auris without a licence or insurance.
Officers pulled him over in London Road, Rayleigh, on July 8.
When searched, he was carrying cocaine and cannabis.
Subsequent investigation uncovered evidence that he had been involved in the supply of both drugs over a period of around two months.
He pleaded guilty on September 1 to being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs between May and July 2026.
Lala appeared at Southend Crown Court on Friday (September 21) to be sentenced by Recorder Elroy Claxton.
Recorder Claxton sentenced him to four years and six months in prison.
His drugs, mobile phones and drug-related paraphernalia will be destroyed.
Seventy pounds in cash found on Lala upon his arrest will be forfeited and donated to charity, the judge ordered.
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