Man jailed for almost four years for dealing hard drugs in Swindon

By Ben Fitzgerald - 4 December 2019

Crime

A Swindon man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after being caught drug dealing in the town.

John Gibbons, 51, of no fixed address, was pleaded guilty at Swindon Crown Court on Tuesday 3 December.  

He was convicted of a total of 11 charges: 

eight charges of supplying heroin 
two charges of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine
one charge of being possession of criminal property - namely cash. 

Gibbons was arrested on 11 October 2019 in an underpass on Queens Drive, during Op Jetway - Wiltshire Police's County Lines intensification week.  

He was remanded in custody until yesterday's court case where he was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison. 

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