Ipswich drug dealers jailed as 16-year-old accomplice awaits trial

A pair of drug dealers have been jailed – while a 16-year-old accomplice awaits trial.

Hamsa Harun, 27 and Nowfel Guioua, 21, both of Ipswich, appeared before Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing on Friday.

Both were charged with being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, with Harun having pleaded guilty.

On February 25, officers stopped a black Audi A3 in Ipswich, with Harun, Guioua and a 16-year-old were detained and searched under the Misuse of Drugs Act, the court heard.

Harun, who drove the vehicle, initially gave a false name but eventually offered his real details on the way to police custody.

Guioua was the passenger in the front seat of the car and had £670 in cash and a mobile phone seized from him.

Both Harun and Guioua were arrested while the 16-year-old was searched and found with a large amount of crack cocaine and heroin concealed in his pants.

Officers then searched Guioua’s home in Craft Street where £3,000 in cash, scales, cling film, a small amount of cannabis and a lock knife were found. A search of Harun’s property uncovered scales and a sim card.

Phone data proved the three met in London and travelled to Ipswich where they co-located between February 21 until their arrests four days later.

The 16-year-old is awaiting trial.

Harun was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment while Guioua will spend three years behind bars.

Sgt Dave Logan from Suffolk Police’s South Sentinel team said: “These males have tried to make money by causing misery to others.

“Despite being London based, they have attempted to sell crack and heroin within Ipswich and I am glad we were able to stop them in the infancy of their operation.

“It’s nice to see such strong sentences handed out by the courts and we will continue to tackle county line drug supply robustly.”