Ipswich drug dealer to spend over five years behind bars for multiple offences

A drug dealer from Ipswich wanted on recall from prison has been jailed for five years and six months.

Dwayne Farrell, 31, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court after pleading guilty to dealing crack cocaine and heroin between 17 January and 16 February 2022.

He also pleaded guilty to possession of the same drugs on 29 September 2020.

Farrell was arrested at a property in Waterford Road when police went to check up on a vulnerable resident there.

He opened the door and, due to being wanted on recall to prison, was arrested.

At this address, they found a mobile phone from which he ran his 'Tiny' drug line and two other phones linked to drug dealing.

Police said Farrell used to send out bulk messages to users of these drugs.

He would then orchestrate the sale of crack or heroin and deal with the flow of calls from those wishing to buy drugs.

Detective Sergeant Daniel Steel of the Serious Crime Disruption Unit in Ipswich said: “Farrell decided to operate a county line for a sustained period of time at the start of 2022 in order to supply crack cocaine and heroin to vulnerable people in Ipswich. He was caught following the analysis of telephone communications data.

“Hopefully, following the sentence handed to him at Ipswich Crown Court, he can start to appreciate that this type of offending will not be tolerated. Those that deal Class A drugs on our streets will be relentlessly pursued by police with no hiding place, as it is acknowledged that criminality of this type causes misery within our communities.”

Police have urged anyone who witnesses a drug deal or any suspicious activity in their area to report it to the police or Crimestoppers.