Gold-toothed Rushden drug dealer jailed

A gold-toothed Rushden drug dealer who was found with a machete in his car has been jailed.

Cameron Owen, 19, of Blackfriars, admitted five offences, three of which involved police stopping him in cars and finding class A drugs inside.

Detective Constable Drage, from Northamptonshire Police's Serious and Organised Crime Team, said: "I am pleased to see Cameron Owen handed a prison sentence for his crimes and I hope he uses his time behind bars to reflect on the choices he has so far made in life in order to make better ones when he comes out.

"Owen thought he was untouchable, as so many drug dealers do, but as this case shows, he wasn’t."

Twice when he was stopped by police, Owen tried to run away and dispose of the drugs but officers caught up with him both times and he was arrested and charged.

Owen was also charged in connection with a raid in Windmill Avenue, Raunds, when police found a quantity of class A drugs.

His final charge related to another time when Owen was stopped in a car and was found to be in possession of class A drugs and a machete.

Own was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court last week to three-and-a-half years for being involved in the supply of class A drugs.

He was also sentenced to six months for possession of a bladed article, making his overall sentence four years.

Det Con Drage added: "I hope this case is a lesson to other people involved in the supply of drugs – we are watching you, we know more about you than you think and we will be there at the inevitable moment you slip up.

"Northamptonshire Police is relentless in tackling drugs and serious and organised crime and I hope this result reassures the community that it is an issue we take very seriously and that we have no plans to take our foot off the gas."

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