Overview
- Joshua Dean and John Robinson received immediate prison terms for conspiracy to supply a Class A drug, with Robinson’s term reported as four years eight to ten months and Dean’s as four years.
- Police intercepted a delivery to Dean’s Middlesbrough address and recovered 992 grams of cocaine at 91% purity, worth an estimated £30,000 to £50,000 at wholesale prices.
- Officers watched a taxi drop the package, forced entry to the flat, and later found the cocaine in a bag thrown out of a window onto bins.
- Investigators seized scales, grip‑seal bags, latex gloves, a blender, a cannabis grinder, and cash, and phone analysis showed debt lists and messages about buying and selling cocaine.
- Fingerprints and DNA linked both men to the packaging, a mixed profile suggested a third person, the case against the taxi driver was not pursued, and the judge said the purity indicated sourcing soon after importation.