Ashfield drug dealer caught with stash of heroin receives jail sentence

Michael Newton was arrested by officers from Nottinghamshire Police’s Reacher teams after being caught conducting a drug deal in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Newton, of Station Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, was found to be in possession of 32 Wraps of heroin, £320 in cash and “other items consistent with drug dealing such as mobile phones and deal lists,” police said.

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Today, Ashfield Police revealed he has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty in court.

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