Worthing Drug Dealer Jailed After Police Stop Vehicle

A drug dealer has been jailed after being caught with large quantities of crack cocaine and heroin in Worthing.

Tyreek Rodney, 25, was stopped by police while driving a Vauxhall Insignia in Grafton Road on 9 July this year.

Officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit and Tactical Enforcement Unit acted on information that there may have been a firearm in the vehicle.

No weapon was found, but the stop led to a search of Rodney’s home address.

Inside, police discovered 600 wraps of drugs, white powder rocks, weapons and large sums of cash.

Rodney admitted two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply, money laundering, and possession of cannabis when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court on 8 September.

He has now been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.

Inspector Robert Hart from the Tactical Firearms Unit said:

“Our armed response officers perform a wide range of duties above and beyond responding to firearms incidents.

“They stand ready to support colleagues in disrupting the supply of class A drugs which cause so much harm in our communities.

“A potentially dangerous offender has been taken off the streets and his drugs operation has been disrupted.”