Staffordshire man jailed after offering to sell cocaine over Snapchat
A man from Staffordshire has been jailed after it was found that he was offering to sell cocaine through the messaging app Snapchat.
Reece Caven, aged 23, of Rugeley, was sentenced to two years and four months behind bars at Stafford Crown Court yesterday after he admitted to being concerned in the offer to supply cocaine.
It comes after officers from Staffordshire Police's major and organised crime proactive team seized a phone after searching a man, where they found Snapchat messages from Reece Caven, who was offering to sell drugs in the area.
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The next, officers turned up at Caven's address and arrested him.
The phone he was using to advertise the drugs was also found and seized.
Caven was on licence from prison at the time that he was arrested.
Faced with the evidence, Caven pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Stafford Crown Court on February 6.
A force spokesperson said: "We’re working relentlessly to stop organised crime in Staffordshire.
"More than 350 people have been arrested and 121 charged last year, resulting in offenders being jailed for a collective 439 years in prison."
