A man has been jailed for seven years after £750,000 worth of class A drugs were seized in drug warrants in Stoke-on-Trent last year.

Joseph Johnson, 34, from the Burslem area, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Thursday (27 April) to seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing.

The court heard how officers from the Major & Organised Crime Department successfully executed warrants at five residential addresses in Burslem and Tunstall, and two business premises in Kidsgrove and Milton in October last year. 

Johnson, 34, from Burslem, was sentenced to seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply (Staffordshire Police).

Officers seized high-purity cocaine, worth £750,000.

Seven-and-a-half kilograms of class A drugs (cocaine) were recovered from Johnson's home address.

Further high-purity cocaine were seized from another address along with drugs paraphernalia.

Drugs worth around £750,000 were seized from various addresses across Stoke-on-Trent (Nub News).

Detective Constable Boyles, of Staffordshire Police, said: "The search warrants we carried out are part of an extensive, on-going operation, set up to tackle drug supply in Staffordshire. 

"Information and intelligence from our communities is key and, if you report your concerns, then we will take action.

"We will continue to take proactive action against those involved in supplying drugs in Stoke-on-Trent."

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