A drug dealer who sold cocaine in Maldon has been sentenced to more than five years in jail after a police investigation.
Kurt Ishkurt, 31, had been identified as holding a drugs line which sold cocaine into Maldon and Chelmsford when he was stopped by officers on the A414 on October 25 this year.
He was arrested and searched with police finding the drug line phone on him.
Mr Ishkurt was subsequently charged with being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, driving without insurance and having no valid UK driving licence.
He appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on November 17 and admitted all charges against him and was sentenced at the same court today on November 24.
In total, Kurt Ishkurt was sentenced to five years and three months in jail, which includes a separate punishment for previous drug supply offences for which he had failed to attend court to be sentenced.
The Albanian national, of no fixed address, will serve half of his sentence in the UK and will then be deported.
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Essex detectives had been able to prove Mr Ishkurt was closely associated with the drug line for several months.
Detective Inspector Frazer Low of the serious and organised crime unit said: “The strength of the case against Ishkurt ultimately meant that, within a month of being arrested, he’s admitted all of the charges against him and been sentenced by the courts.
“We don’t tolerate the supply of illicit drugs in Essex and anyone who thinks they can do that is sorely mistaken.”
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