THREE men who were involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine have been given jail sentences totalling more than 12 years.

Lloyd Agyekum, Quin Byrne and Jason Mohammed were arrested after police raids at premises in Burrell Road, St George’s Street and Pelican Close in Ipswich in 2021, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Charles Myatt, prosecuting, said police officers who raided a flat in Burrell Road in April 2021 found 81 wraps of heroin and 142 wraps of crack cocaine with a street value of more than £2,000.

Byrne was arrested at the premises and following his arrest Agyekum, who was described as “co-ordinating and controlling” the Jerome drug line, had tried to contact Byrne and the Jerome line had then gone quiet.

Mr Myatt said a mobile phone was seized from Byrne and experts estimated that between November 2020 and May 2021 around two kilos of drugs worth £140,000 had been sold to more than 2,000 customers through the line.

A number of knives and a crossbow were found at the flat which Mr Myatt said were consistent with people dealing drugs having a means of protecting themselves against anyone trying to steal their drugs.

Police subsequently raided a property in St George’s Street, in September 2021 and found Byrne and Mohammed at the premises along with 81 wraps of heroin and cocaine.

Byrne had tried to throw £1,400 cash out of a window and officers found the Jerome drug line phone at the premises.

Police officers also raided premises in Pelican Close in June 2021 and found Mohammed in the premises with another man who was described as the controller of the Deano drug line and has since been jailed for six years.

Mr Myatt described Mohammed as a runner for the drug line.

Agyekum, 27, of Turpin Way, London, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and was jailed for six years.

Byrne, 25, of no fixed address, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine and was jailed for four and a half years.

Mohammed, 46, of Marine Parade East, Clacton, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin and was jailed for two years.

At an earlier hearing Stephen Mather, for Mohammed, said his client accepted he had been involved in the supply of drugs to get drugs to feed his own addiction.