Ipswich Crown Court Sentencing Results

Daniel Anderson, 43, of Mayfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, was detained by officers while inside a vehicle in Fornham Road, Bury St Edmunds on 31 May 2023. A search of the vehicle located small amounts of suspected drugs, a large quantity of suspected heroin and crack cocaine, and over £450 in cash. Further searches at his home address found a golf-ball sized wrap of suspected Class A drugs and crack cocaine along with over 150g of cannabis. He was charged and sentenced after pleading guilty.

Dean Smith of Peddars Way, Lowestoft, was discovered hiding under bedding during a police raid at a caravan on November 14 last year. Officers found cannabis on the kitchen worktop and bedside table, 76g of cocaine in pockets of black jackets within the caravan, along with scales, a quantity of money and two mobile phones.

Fernandson Sousa was arrested in Newmarket on 12th March after officers stopped a grey Nissan Juke driving along High Street. A search of the vehicle uncovered a quantity of cash, a SIM card, numerous press seal bags containing cannabis and cocaine, and 10 vials of cocaine. Investigations revealed he had been travelling to multiple addresses, indicating extensive drug supply activities. He was convicted of possession with intent to supply a class A drug (cocaine) and a class B drug (cannabis).

Fabien Joe was arrested on 26 May 2021 in Ilford during Operation Orochi on suspicion of supplying class A drugs. He was charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine between April and May 2021, and possession of a knife in a public place. Evidence showed he controlled a drug supply line under the moniker 'Josh' and organised the flow of crack and heroin into Bury St Edmunds between April 2020 and April 2021. He had previously served a prison sentence for possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

Behruz Egamshukurov, 24, of no fixed address, was caught with cocaine concealed in a vape in his car. His passenger had four bags of cocaine. Further drugs were found at the Travel Lodge on Duke Street in Ipswich. He had come to the UK on a student visa to study at Anglia Ruskin University but supplied drugs after running out of funds.

Ben Taylor, 24, of Bull Road, Ipswich, was involved in a drug supply ring using the alias 'Scratchy'. On 10 March 2020, he and Logan Burnett were stopped on the A12 at Great Wenham after failing to pull over for police. A search of the red Renault Clio they were in revealed mobile phones used to advertise drugs. Around 60g of suspected heroin and crack cocaine was discarded from the car during the chase. Taylor was charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine between January and May 2020. He pleaded guilty at Ipswich Magistrates Court and admitted his role in supplying the drugs.

Alper Basoglu was involved in drug supply and related offences. He pleaded guilty to seven counts including supply of cocaine and cannabis, attempting to import herbal cannabis, and possession of criminal property. His total criminal benefit was calculated at more than £200,000. A confiscation order made at Ipswich Crown Court on 13 January 2025 totalled £51,631.79, comprising £37,321 in cryptocurrency and £14,310 in seized cash. He has three months to pay the order or faces an additional year in prison.

Gavin Seagar, a 43-year-old gas engineer from Aldham End, Elmsett, Suffolk, carried out a string of thefts across the eastern region in 2018 and 2019. While carrying out legitimate work, he made excuses to search other rooms for easily concealable items including jewellery and cash. Incidents included stealing an engagement ring from a woman in Ashford, Kent (held for over 50 years, priceless from late husband); over £16,000 worth of jewellery from West Malling, Kent (including rings from late husband); a watch bought in 1966 from a property in Middlesex (irreplaceable, from victim's merchant navy days); valuable rings from two properties in Mildenhall; and significant quantities of cash from addresses in Felixstowe, Suffolk, and Swanton Morley, Norfolk.

Police stopped Ismailaj, 23, driving a grey Mercedes on the A14 near Felixstowe in April. Officers seized his mobile phone which contained messages about drug supply. A subsequent raid on a flat in College Street, Ipswich, uncovered £6,360 in cash and cannabis. Analysis showed he was coordinating cocaine supply across Ipswich, Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds. He sent 175 drug-related messages per day on average.

Between November 2018 and November 2019, Ronald Bailey, 72, of Cranley Road, Eye, Suffolk, committed 11 offences including fraud by false representation (claiming car repairs, loans, authority to sell a car, restoration work, faulty car locks), fraudulently claiming to replace a car battery, and theft of vehicles from multiple vulnerable victims, pocketing around £13,000.

Ricky Davis, 31, of Maundy Close in Bury St Edmunds, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft of motorcycles in Brandon (December 2020), Bury St Edmunds (October 2020) and Bury St Edmunds (November 2020). He also pleaded guilty to theft of a motorbike in Thetford (June 2021) and a further theft in Bury St Edmunds (August 2021). After being charged, he admitted an additional 12 thefts of motorbikes between October 2020 and October 2021 in Suffolk and Norfolk, with a total value of just under £30,000. The value of three of the initial five bikes was around £12,000.

Regi Salillari, 28, from Albania, was stopped by officers from the West Area Sentinel team on 29 January while driving in Thorney Way, Stowmarket. He attempted to deceive officers by producing a counterfeit Italian driving licence. Officers searched him and found four bags of cocaine hidden in his underwear and more than £500 in cash. A search of an address in Ipswich uncovered more than £20,000 worth of uncut cocaine and over £1,000 in cash.

Thalia Cheamil, 23, of Millfield Avenue, London, was stopped by officers from the Sentinel West ANPR team while driving a vehicle in Beyton on 13 September. Officers searched the vehicle and located 40 bags of cocaine, an amount of cash and a mobile phone. She was arrested, charged and remanded. She pleaded guilty at a hearing in October last year and appeared at Ipswich Crown Court on 24 January where she received the sentence.

Zowie Davis, a contractor's employee at RAF Honington, committed fraud by abuse of position, stealing over £72,000 from RAF mess charities over an extended period. She was caught after the Charity Commission launched a class inquiry into 72 RAF mess charities following a fraud notification in 2016.