Dealer used ladders to flee over fence during police drugs raid
Robert Machin was later tracked down and has now been jailed along with fellow dealer Sophie Brown
Robert Machin and Sophie Brown(Image: Cheshire Constabulary)
Two Cheshire drug dealers have been jailed. Robert Machin and Sophie Brown have admitted possessing cocaine, heroin, and cannabis with intent to supply last December.
It followed a bust by Operation Apollo at an address on Bradwell Grove in Congleton. Machin and Brown were found at the address - with Machin using ladders to flee over a fence.
Cheshire Police seized phones and laptops, sim cards and a USB stick, drugs and drug paraphernalia, and £1,006 cash. The drugs were valued at £11,415.
Machin was later tracked down to an address on Canal Street, in Congleton. Machin, 49, from Albany Mill, Canal Street, Congleton, has been jailed for five years and 219 days. Brown, 22, from The Parklands, Congleton, has been jailed for four years. They were sentenced at Chester Crown Court.
Following the case, Detective Constable Rachel Williams said: “We will continue to target those who deal illegal drugs in our towns so that we can improve our communities by disrupting the illegal drug supplies and putting criminals behind bars.”