Cambridgeshire police released a video of the moment they broke the front door of a suspected county lines drug dealer to arrest him. The dealer, who supplied class A drugs between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, was jailed on Friday.
Police carried out a dawn raid on 13 February in Broadway, Crowland, and arrested 23-year-old Dominic Bevilacqua as part of Operation Hypernova, a force-wide crack down on county lines drug dealing and human trafficking.
Inside the house police found three mobile phones, including one linking Bevilacqua to the ‘Dom’ drugs line. They also seized 16 cannabis plants which were growing in an upstairs bedroom with a street value of up to £13,000.
At Peterborough Crown Court on Friday (24 May), Bevilacqua, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison.
At a previous hearing he had pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine, cannabis, production of cannabis, three counts of assault by beating, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and commit an act with intent to pervert the course of public justice.
Detective Constable Jeremy Turner, who investigated, said: “Bevilacqua would travel between Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire and send hundreds of messages to vulnerable drug users advertising cocaine and cannabis for sale and then pocket the cash.”
Operation Hypernova, which took place in February, saw 51 county lines dismantled and 33 people charged with 93 drug and human trafficking offences.
If you suspect drug dealing in your area, you can report it to Cambridgeshire police online: https://www.cambs.police.uk/police-forces/cambridgeshire-constabulary/areas/campaigns/drug-dealing/
Dominic Bevilacqua got an early morning wake up call (right) that led to him being jailed for more than 3 years for drug and other offences. Custody picture (right)
