Horden dealer flooded North East with cocaine and cannabis

Jonathan Stephenson <i>(Image: DURHAM POLICE)</i>
Jonathan Stephenson (Image: DURHAM POLICE)
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A drug dealer has been locked up for more than two years after he admitted peddling cocaine and cannabis.

Jonathan Stephenson also admitted being concerned in the production of cannabis and possession of criminal property before he was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court.

Recorder Mark McKone KC heard how the 33-year-old was caught with the drugs and cash on November 21, last year in Peterlee.

Jonathan Stephenson (Image: Durham Constabulary)


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Stephenson was charged in connection with being concerned in the production of a quantity of cannabis, a controlled drug of Class B from December 2021.

The defendant, of Dansley Close, Horden, County Durham, pleaded guilty to all charges at an earlier hearing.

On Friday, the judge sentenced the drug dealer to a total of 29 months.

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