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Jail for drug pedlar caught in gang
phil dennett News Editor
A Billinghurst man caught in a gang of eight illegally supplying cocaine is now serving a jail sentence. Andrew James Pepler was one of seven men from West Sussex and
one from Brighton sentenced to a total of 25 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine. They had all pleaded guilty at on May 15 at Hove Trial Centre to the charge of conspiracy to supply cocaine between June 25, 2014 and February 6, 2015 in Crawley and have since been sentenced at the same court. Pepler, 29, of Forge Way, Billing-
shurst, was sentenced to four years nine months imprisonment. Kharrum Mohammed Chaudary, 35, of Anglesey Close, Crawley was sentenced to 10 years and a serious crime prevention order imposed; Martin Wynn Jones, 27, of Fennel Crescent, Crawley, to three years four months; Daniel Francis Kearsey, 32, of Deerwood Road, Crawley to two years, suspended for two
years, and 200 hours unpaid work; Joseph Green, 24, of Coombe Vale, Saltdean, Brighton to two years, suspended for two years, and 200 hours unpaid work; William Houston, 30, of Maiden Lane, Crawley, to 12 months , suspended for two years, and a four-month period of curfew; Ryan Ramadan, 27, of Sheraton Walk, Chippendale Road, Crawley was sentenced to nine
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months, suspended for 18 months, and 100 hours unpaid work and Luke Farnham, 27,of Chasewood, Weirwood, Furnace Green, Crawley to 9 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and 100 hours unpaid work. The men were arrested on February 5 after officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit and Sussex Police carried out warrants in Crawley and Billingshurst. Police said that central to the conspiracy was the seizure of more than ¾ kilogramme of high purity cocaine. The men were all charged on February 6. Det Insp Mark Chapman of the crime unit said: "This investigation, conducted with Sussex Police, is just one example of the joint working we carry out to help keep organised crime groups and harmful drugs off the streets of Crawley. "It is SEROCU's aim to pursue relentlessly serious crime such as this, which brings harm and misery to the communities in the South East. I hope the severity of the sentences ensures these men will have plenty of time to consider whether the crime was worth it. "I would like to reiterate that if anyone sees any suspicious activity which may be linked to organised crime please phone police on 101."
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