Man jailed for seven years after drug raids in Gosport

Adam Foster was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court this week after initially failing to appear.

The 35-year-old was part of a drug gang that sold cocaine and heroin across south east Hampshire. Their operation had a base in Gosport and a house they used in Cosham.

Foster, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to seven years in prison for being concerned in the supply of the class A drug cocaine.

He was given the same sentence for being concerned in the supply of the class A drug heroin, which will run concurrently.

The judge also jailed him for three months for failing to appear to also run concurrently.

During the police's operation, class A drugs with a street value of more than £150,000 and approximately £7,000 in cash was seized as part of three warrants carried out on April 1, 2016.

On July 6, five other members of the gang were jailed for a combined 39 years and six months. 

During the sentencing of the five defendants, Judge David Melville QC said: '˜It's plain from the size of the operation it wasn't just to street purchasers or end users that these drugs were supplied.

'˜It was a very substantial operation, a large amount of drugs were sold and in my judgement it was essentially a wholesale operation.'