Man jailed for 40 months for series of drug offences

A man has been jailed for over three years for drug offences in Haverhill.

Adriano Kumanova, (pictured above) of Halleys Ridge, in Hertford, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, December 21)  to 40 months in jail.

On July 25, 2022, officers from the Serious Crime Disruption Team (SCDT) attended a property on Ickleton Place after intelligence was received that drug dealing was taking place there.

Kumanova was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs and was taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

Following his release under investigation and further enquiries made he was arrested again in October this year at a property in Hertford and taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning. He was subsequently charged with three counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely heroin and three counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs, namely cocaine.

All charges related to a time period over June, July and August this year and criminal activity in Haverhill and Hackney.

A search of the property at Ickleton Place located eight mobile phones and subsequent investigations into the use of these phones established two of them had phone numbers and bulk text messages linking to the advertising of County Lines drug supply with Kumanova playing a key role in its distribution. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to all the offences he was charged with.

The SCDT core aim is to disrupt serious and organised gangs whose criminal activity focusses on issues such as drug supply and harmful personal acquisitive crime such as robbery/burglary. The team develop the relevant information and intelligence, conduct enforcement activity and then provide an officer who will build the case and see the investigation through to trial.

If you suspect drug dealing is taking place in your area or see anything suspicious or out of place make the police aware. You don’t have to be certain, just concerned. Report via the website www.suffolk.police.uk/contact-us/report-something/report-crime, call 101, or alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers to report anonymously – either online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling 0800 555 111.