Three men jailed after admitting supplying drugs

Three men from Hull have been jailed after admitting supplying crack cocaine and heroin.

The gang were caught after officers chased a vehicle suspected of being involved in drug dealing in April 2023, Humberside Police said.

It was found abandoned and an investigation was launched which linked it to Christopher Colbeck.

Analysis of Colbeck's phone connected him with two other men, Philip Melling and John Robinson.

The men appeared for sentencing at Hull Crown Court last week.

Robinson, 59, of The Willows in Hull, pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying Class A drugs and perverting the course of justice and was jailed for four years.

Coldbeck, 32, of The Willows in Hull, pleaded guilty to two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and burglary and received a total of four years behind bars.

Melling, 54, of Newtondale in Hull, pleaded guilty to permitting the supply of class A drugs and received six months in prison.

Insp Matthew Grantham said: "The community impact this type of offending has is the reason we will continue to do everything we can to disrupt criminal networks, removing them, and the drugs they supply and distribute, from our streets."

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