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Chatham drug dealers Adam Umar and Jemel Reid plead guilty to supplying crack cocaine and heroin

14:59, 29 August 2019

updated: 15:07, 29 August 2019

A pair of teenage drug dealers are facing prison after police found 150 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin inside a flat.

Officers raided the property in Christchurch Court, Luton High Street yesterday where they made the discovery and arrested two men.

The pair were charged with possession of crack and heroin with intent to supply
The pair were charged with possession of crack and heroin with intent to supply
The men were arrested at Christchurch Court in Luton High Street. Picture: Google
The men were arrested at Christchurch Court in Luton High Street. Picture: Google

Adam Umar and Jemel Reid - both 19 - were charged with possession with intent to supply after the search by the Medway Community Policing Team.

Police also seized several mobile phones from the flat in Luton High Street.

Umar, of Forest Lane, east London and Reid, of Thorold Road, Chatham, admitted the charge during a hearing at Medway Magistrates' Court this morning.

Both men were remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court.

A date for the hearing has not been set.

To read more of our in depth coverage of all of the major trials coming out of crown and magistrates' courts across the county, click here.

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