A drug dealer from Stone Cross is starting a six-year prison sentence after he was pulled over by police with cocaine in his car worth a potential £400,000.
Christopher Morris, 42, of Glessing Road, Stone Cross was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Monday 11 April, after admitting possession of five kilos of cocaine with intent to supply, and money laundering.
Morris had just left his home on 15 December last year when he was stopped by officers from the force’s Specialist Enforcement Unit who found a bag containing two other bags, one with five kilos of cocaine with a potential street value of up to £400,000, and the other one with £40,000 cash.
At his home they found a further quantity of cocaine and several thousands of pounds more cash.
Morris claimed to have been carrying the drugs and cash under duress for dealers but was unable to produce any evidence to support this and had no option but to admit his guilt.
The police interest in Morris does not end with this sentencing. Expert police financial investigators are planning for further court action against him under the Proceeds of Crime Act, aiming for court orders to confiscate assets he gained from drugs dealing.
A spokesperson for the Sussex Police Serious Organised Crime Unit, who worked with the SEU officers in the operation, said; “This is another example of colleagues working together to disrupt drugs supply in our communities.”
