A Biggleswade drug dealer’s jail sentence has been nearly doubled to five years and eight months.
Andrew Augustine was sentenced at Luton Crown Court to three years in August, but the the Crown Prosecution Service appealed the sentence on behalf of Bedfordshire Police.
It has now been increased by the Court of Appeal.
The 25-year-old was holding a telephone for the Captain drugs line.
He tried to flee from the police when they arrived his address, but he was found in a neighbour’s back garden.
He had been sending out messages offering crack and heroin for sale between 9th and 15 May this year.
Augustine, of Devon Drive,Biggleswade, had pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Detective Constable Adam Geary said: “I’m very pleased with the outcome the Court of Appeal delivered.
“Drug dealers such as Augustine pose a great risk to our communities and should not be overlooked.
“Drugs cause misery and a path of destruction for everyone involved, from the exploitation of children and young people to sell drugs through county lines to vulnerable adults who are cuckooed.
“Violence and exploitation are huge themes that underline drug crime and those entrapped within this cycle are the real victims.”
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