A Hertfordshire drug dealer who ran three county lines drug networks has been jailed for more than six years.
Hassan Bolat was arrested at an address in Hemel Hempstead in September 2022 following an investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s specialist county lines unit, Operation Mantis.
Bolat operated the Ace line in Hemel, the Carlito line in Portsmouth and the Blue line in Peterborough from February 2022 until his arrest. During a search of the address more than £16,000 in crack cocaine and heroin, £8,500 cash and numerous mobile phone handsets were recovered.
Bolat, 29, appeared at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday, July 12, where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
Detective Sergeant Chris Cowell, from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Operation Mantis team, said: “Bolat ran a major drug supply network stretching across several areas, including dealing crack cocaine and heroin within Hertfordshire.
“Successfully dismantling such a significant network will have a big impact on drug use and associated crime within our communities. This will also send a message to anyone involved in drug dealing that we will track them down and they will face long jail terms.
“Exploitation of vulnerable people is just one of the tragic symptoms of organised drug gangs. County lines dealers can coerce people into providing a base for dealers to operate or to act as distributors themselves.”
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