A 20-year-old man was slammed with a three-year prison sentence after cops found him stashing a haul of Class A drugs in a Wellingborough hotel room.

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D’Reece Taylor, from Quaker Way, Moulton, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, plus possession of a Class B drug. The sentence was handed down at Northampton Crown Court last month (September 5).

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Taylor’s arrest came after the Wellingborough Neighbourhood Policing Team detained a missing teenage boy from the West Midlands, believed to be used as a drug runner. An investigation into this vulnerable lad’s exploitation led officers straight to Taylor’s hotel room.
“This conviction should warn anyone thinking of setting up shop in Northamptonshire — we will catch you.”

 

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