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Feb 2022
Last Updated: 18/02/2022
Man jailed for dealing crack and heroin in Harrogate
Officers found cash and a set of digital scales on Mr Walton and arrested him on Parliament Street for possession with intent to supply class A drugs. Once in custody, officers found 14 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin in his mouth.
A man has been jailed for 20 months for dealing crack cocaine and heroin in Harrogate.
Tyler Walton, 20, from Northallerton, was stopped by officers on January 18 this year in a vehicle on Parliament Street in Harrogate.
Officers found cash and a set of digital scales on Walton so arrested him for possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
Once in custody, officers found 14 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin in his mouth.
Walton appeared in court on Monday and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison at York Crown Court.
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Constable George Frost from Harrogate’s Expedite Team, which tackles county lines drug dealing, said:
“Tyler Walton was actively involved in selling potentially lethal drugs to vulnerable users and preyed on them in order to further his own financial gain.
“I hope that our communities are reassured by the swift police action taken in this case. We will not accept this sort of activity on the streets of Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
"We are continuing our efforts every day to ensure that the vulnerable people who fall victim drug addiction are safeguarded and that the dealers who exploit them are targeted and prosecuted.
“Please can I take this opportunity to encourage members of the public who concerned about drug dealing activity and those affected by it to contact North Yorkshire Police or contact Crimestoppers.”
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