A 14-year-old has been locked up for dealing drugs.

Police raided an address in Hawthorn Avenue, Greenstead, Colchester, after Ismayil Baltasli had been caught selling crack cocaine and heroin.

He was caught during the biggest police operation to stamp out hard drugs in Colchester.

Yesterday, after admitting 12 counts of supplying Class A drugs, a judge put him behind bars.

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