17-07-2025
Hartlepool drug dealer caught with £150k jailed
A drug dealer found with more than £150,000 has been jailed for five Dobie, 45 and from Hartlepool, was a "busy street dealer" of Class A drugs, Teesside Crown Court he was arrested in March, officers discovered thousands of pounds as well as mobile phones showing his criminal of Inch Grove, admitted being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and possessing criminal property.
Recorder Thomas Moran said Dobie had been operating a drugs line and sending out "bulk texts" to get was "plainly a busy street dealer of Class A drugs", the judge said.
'Beyond feeding habit'
Dobie told probation officers not all of the money was his and he was looking after it for other people, the court his previous convictions were offences of dealing cannabis and possessing crack cocaine, the court Moran said Dobie "developed a dependency" on drugs but his level of involvement "went beyond merely feeding" his own habit and he had made money from the venture too.
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