Criminals sentenced to jail at Ipswich Crown Court this week

Zoumana Coulibaly

Coulibaly was jailed for more than six years (Image: Suffolk police) Ipswich Crown Court heard how Zoumana Coulibaly became involved with running the Rex line which made just over £44,000 in sales between June 18 and July 26. 

The 24-year-old, of Valentine Court in London, was stopped by police in Colchester and was found £1,500 in cash, wraps of heroin and cocaine, and two burner phones. 

Two days prior officers found the body of a many with a syringe in his hand and a tourniquet around his arm during the search of a property. 

The man's phone showed he had purchased drugs from the Rex line the day before and it was believed the drugs from the line were contaminated with protonitazene, a powerful and potentially lethal cutting agent. 

Coulibaly leaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, possession of cannabis and possession of criminal property. 

He was jailed for six years and six months which was lowered from seven years by Recorder Nash because of the guilty pleas.

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Valeriu Negara

Valeriu Negara was jailed for 14 months (Image: Suffolk police) At the sentencing of Veleriu Negara, Judge Emma Peters said he was a man who repeatedly tried to enter the country illegally despite "being repeatedly told that he was not welcome".

The 27-year-old, of Jeffries Road in Ipswich, admitted to entering the UK in breach of a deportation order on or before July 26. 

When he was arrested in July, Negara gave police offices a different name but his identity was discovered by a roadside fingerprint check. 

Ipswich Crown Court heard how Negara was deported rom he UK in 2021 following a conviction for wounding in 2020 and we unsuccessfully tried to return to the UK twice in January 2023 through Harwich and Scotland. 

Negara gained entry earlier this year using his wife's name. 

He was sentenced to 14 months in jail.