Owen Catton, aged 29, of Bridge Road, Southampton was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court yesterday, Thursday, 9 September, to three years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs – crack cocaine and heroin.

The court heard that on Wednesday, 4 August, officers from Southampton’s Proactive team, supported by officers from Southampton’s High Harm team and local Neighbourhood teams carried out two drugs warrants at addresses in Montserrat Road, Basingstoke and Bridge Road, Southampton, to locate and arrest a suspected line holder for an active drugs network in Southampton.

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