Winchester Crown Court
TWO men from London have been given prison sentences after they admitted running a county lines network in Basingstoke.
Matthew Tesfamichael and Badru Kaddu operated the 'Slim' network, which illegally dealt Class A drugs in Basingstoke between October 2020 and May 2021.
The pair, both aged 28, would travel from the capital to Basingstoke for several days at a time, staying in hotel rooms and using bulk messaging to advertise heroin and crack cocaine for sale.
Kaddu was eventually caught with around £1,700 of drugs, including one lump of heroin worth almost £1,000 alone, and £815 in cash at Basingstoke's Crowne Plaza hotel in May.