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06
Jun 2023
Harrogate cocaine dealer jailed for two years
A drug dealer has been jailed for two years and eight months after being caught by police in Harrogate.
Alex Horsfield, 26, was spotted by North Yorkshire Police’s county lines officers on Roberts Crescent off Skipton Road in his Vauxhall Astra on 11.50am on May 11 this year.
Horsfield, who is from Keighley, was detained for a Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act search over suspicions that he was part of a county lines drug supply operation.
Officers found two separate packages in his clothing, both containing multiple individual wraps of white and brown powder.
One was from within his hoodie pocket and one from within his shorts concealed under a pair of tracksuit bottoms.
Approximately 40 packages were individually wrapped containing both crack cocaine and heroin.
Horsfield was later charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.
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He claimed that the drugs were for his own personal use.
However, when he appeared at York Crown Court today (Tuesday 6 June 2023), he pleaded guilty to both offences and was sentenced immediately at his own request.
PC Michael Haydock, of operation expedite at North Yorkshire Police, said:
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