A drug dealer has been jailed after admitting supplying drugs in a Suffolk town.

Christopher Cook was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to being concerned in supplying cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply and possession of cannabis with intent to supply. 

The 25-year-old, of Icewell Hill, Newmarket, was arrested on Monday, January 23 following intelligence that suggested that he was responsible for dealing drugs in the area. 

When he was arrested Cook was seen to drop packages out of an upstairs window, which were later confirmed to be class A and B drugs, while an amount of class A drugs was also found inside the property.

A mobile phone was discovered and seized, which officers were able to prove had been used to send bulk messages out to potential drug users.

Officers also seized an amount of cash.

Police staff investigator Simon Bendall, of the East/West Serious Crime Disruption Team, said: “It is very pleasing to successfully convict Christopher Cook, someone we know actively sold drugs to users in the area.

“We all know the harm and despair drugs cause, so it is always a good result when we are able to put someone behind bars who actively chooses to make financial profit from other people’s misery.”