Two more drug dealers have been jailed as part of a long-running operation staged by Colchester police.
Ten people have now been jailed for more than 40 years as part of the Operation Tralee probe.
The latest two jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court were Richard Powell, 29, and 28-year-old Ryan Collier.
They both admitted charges of supplying drugs.
Powell broke down and wept in the dock as he got four years three months while Collier received a sentence of two-and-a-half years for supplying heroin.
The court heard yesterday undercover police visited an address in Allysum Walk, Colchester, between mid November 2002 and January last year.
Powell, of no fixed address, supplied officers nine times with cocaine wraps, worth £20 each, David Holborn, prosecuting, said.
Collier, of Craig Court, Iceni Way, Colchester, supplied three heroin wraps to undercover officers during the same period, Mr Holborn said.
Jonathan Mann, mitigating for Powell, said he was under some pressure to take part in the drug dealing operation but now regretted his actions.
Marc Canatella, mitigating for Collier, told the court Collier was at the lower end of the supply chain.
Published Wednesday July 28, 2004
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