Sheffield man jailed for eight years for supplying drugs
A drug dealer has been jailed for eight years after mobile phone records showed he was involved in a drugs line which supplied crack cocaine and heroin valued at about £82,000.Police searched the Sheffield home of 25-year-old Brandon Hodson in March 2024 and found drugs paraphernalia and a mobile phone.Analysis of his calls showed he had been involved in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin for almost a year, a court heard.Hodson, of Blackstock Road, was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of being concerned with the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.
South Yorkshire Police said analysis of mobile phone records revealed Hodson was involved in a drugs line from April 2023 until March 2024, days before his arrest on 12 March.He was charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin, holding a person in slavery or solitude and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.
Hodson was found not guilty of holding a person in slavery or solitude and possession of a firearm.The police said an application would be made under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover the money Hodson made from the drugs line.
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