Streatham Drug Dealer Caught in £3.4 Million Cocaine and Heroin Haul
Tishan Hewitt, 28, was arrested by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) – a joint unit between the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service – after a string of drug handovers.
Luxury Cars Used in High-Stakes Drug Drops
Hewitt was first spotted in April last year, driving a grey Mercedes A-Class near Mardell Road, Croydon. Surveillance officers watched as he loaded two reusable shopping bags full of drugs into a blue Ford Mondeo. The Ford was stopped soon after, uncovering 20 kilos of uncut cocaine worth £1.8 million stashed in the bags.
- The Ford’s driver, 25-year-old Jimmy Matthews from Bordon, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply and was jailed for eight years at Croydon Crown Court.
Later the same day, Hewitt passed another bag to a Mitsubishi Colt on the same Croydon road. This vehicle was stopped in Beckenham, where officers found 14.7 kilos of heroin worth around £900,000 hidden behind the passenger seat. The driver faces trial on drug charges.
More Drugs Found in Audi Q7 in Beckenham
In May last year, Hewitt transferred nearly eight kilos of cocaine, valued at £720,000, to a white Audi Q7 on Langley Road, Beckenham. The Audi was pulled over a few miles away, and drugs were discovered on rear passenger Ergis Kuci, 25, from Bradford. Kuci admitted intent to supply and awaits sentencing after a retrial of the driver scheduled for March 2024.
Crackdown Yields Cash and Drug-Paraphernalia
Following Hewitt’s January arrest at his Streatham home, officers seized small amounts of cocaine, ketamine, cannabis, over £2,200 in cash, a drug press, scales, elastic bands, spoons, and several mobile phones.
Hewitt pleaded guilty to possession and supply offences at Inner London Crown Court in April. Today (4 December), he was jailed for nine years at Croydon Crown Court.
“Tishan Hewitt was a significant supplier of cocaine and heroin to dealers in south London, making him central to a trade that drives intimidation and violence in those areas, and also presents substantial dangers to users,” said Detective Chief Inspector Ben Mahoney of the OCP.
“Using the combined strength of the NCA and Metropolitan Police, we continue to disrupt the organised criminals behind the class A drugs trade.”
