A drug dealer in Maidstone, UK, is heading to prison for 15 years after recordings reportedly found on his phone revealed a lab used to manufacture tens of thousands of ecstasy pills report Kent Police.
Police discovered the recordings when they arrested Jamie Stacey-Evans. The footage reportedly showed machinery used to grind crystalized MDMA into powder and a device counting finished tablets.
Authorities executed a search warrant at Stacey-Evans’ home in Coxheath in January as part of a drug supply investigation across Kent. They seized several phones, uncovering videos and voice recordings linking him to the large-scale supply of cocaine, MDMA, ecstasy, ketamine, and cannabis.
Voice notes allegedly captured Stacey-Evans discussing the potential production of up to 100,000 ecstasy pills. Another audio clip reportedly indicated his involvement in supplying 20 kilograms of cocaine.
While the investigation didn’t locate the drug lab itself, Stacey-Evans, 35, was charged with drug supply and production offences, as well as possessing over £3,000 in cash. He pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court and was sentenced on May 20th.
Leading the investigation was PC James O’Gorman who said:
‘The vast amount of evidence recovered from his phone clearly illustrated that Stacey-Evans was producing and supplying drugs on a commercial scale. He was intent on flooding the market with huge quantities of illegal substances and some of the evidence recovered from his phones also included him discussing using a network of runners operating in fake business vans. Stacey-Evans has rightly received a significant sentence, one which is indicative of the leading role he occupied, as well as the harm and devastation criminals likes him cause to our communities.’