{"id":816745,"date":"2026-10-28T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:24:14","slug":"milton-keynes-drug-dealer-27-jailed-for-drug-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816745\/","title":{"rendered":"Milton Keynes drug dealer, 27, jailed for drug crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Ugochukwo Nwankwo, 27, of Fosters Lane, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, was sentenced to a total of three years and ten months\u2019 imprisonment at Aylesbury Crown Court on Wednesday, October 21.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nwankwo pleaded guilty at High Wycombe Magistrates\u2019 Court on June 13 this year to being concerned in the supply of class A heroin, being concerned in the supply of class A crack cocaine, possession with intent to supply class B cannabis, possession of a class B drug (cannabis), and driving while disqualified.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Two days earlier on June 11, officers arrested Nwankwo after he was seen running from a grey Peugeot and briefly entering his home address before returning outside.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Once he was apprehended, it was discovered that Nwankwo had been involved in the operation of a drugs line responsible for supplying class A drugs across Milton Keynes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Between March and June this year, he was linked to four separate drugs line telephone numbers, which sent more than 33,000 messages, the majority advertising crack cocaine and heroin for sale.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His crimes were recorded between March 2 and June 11 this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following his arrest, officers searched his address and recovered the most recent drugs line mobile phone concealed in a bedroom.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They also seized approximately 450 cannabis vape products with an estimated street value of \u00a318,000, along with 163 grams of cannabis worth around \u00a31,080.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Officers also established that Nwankwo was disqualified from driving.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Investigating officer Detective Constable Steven King, of the Milton Keynes Neighbourhood Disruption Team, said: \u201cNwankwo was supplying class A drugs within Milton Keynes to some of the community\u2019s most vulnerable people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHe sent more than 33,000 messages to entice people to buy drugs and has now been held accountable for his actions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThames Valley Police will continue to do everything possible to disrupt the supply of illegal drugs and bring those responsible before the courts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe Neighbourhood Disruption Team will continue to work hard to tackle drug dealing in Milton Keynes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIf you have information about the supply of illegal drugs in your community, please report it by calling 101 or making a report via our website.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ugochukwo Nwankwo, 27, of Fosters Lane, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, was sentenced to a total of three years and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}