A DRUG dealer who came to Colchester to sell cocaine and heroin has been jailed for three years.

Lamar Foster, 23, from Chatsworth Road, Hackney, had drop spots and customers across the town and brought “misery and degradation” to Colchester’s addicts,acourt heard.

Yesterday Chelmsford Crown Court heard DNA from Foster were found on drugs dropped in Church Lane, Stanway.

On September 4, Essex Police recovered 56 wraps of heroin and 51 wraps of cocaine with a value of about £2,500.

Residents had raised concerns about suspicious activities in the area and had reported a black Ford car driving in the area allegedly to exchange drugs.

An officer found the wraps waiting to be picked up in a bush.

Then on January 23, a group of men were spotted close to St Botolph’s Priory.

It was thought they were dealing drugs. Foster was stopped in a car with cash and packets similar to those used to sell drugs.

Foster admitted two counts of possession with intent to supply, one for heroin and one for cocaine.

Judge Charles Gratwicke QC, sentencing Foster, said: “Both of these drugs, as you well know, are class A drugs and highly addictive.

“Such drugs bring nothing but misery and degradation to those who regrettably become addicted to them.

“The misery and degradation frequently causes those wretched users to resort to crime to feed that addiction.

“It can cause individuals to lose their lives.

“Not only does it impact on those individuals, but it impacts on those near and dear to them.

“The courts have consistently said those who involve themselves in the supply of controlled class A drugs can expect to receive custodial sentences.

“There were 107 wraps. You knew what you were doing. “Nobody forced you to behave in this way.

“You played a significant role.

“Without people like yourself trusted to distribute the drugs and collect money, those behind this dreadful trade would find it much more difficult to ply their trade.”

Foster, who had previous convictions for possession, but none for supply, was given two three-year sentences to run concurrently