Detective's work helped stem Wisbech drugs supply
A Fenland detective has been commended for his work on an investigation which stoped heroin and cocaine coming into Wisbech.
DC Mat Belfitt carried out the work while he was supposed to be resting after a knee
operation – and it resulted in two criminals being jailed and the destruction of a large quantity of class A drugs.
DC Belfitt received a Chief Superintendent commendation at a socially distanced award ceremony, where it was heard he worked diligently under pressure, sifting through large quantities of evidence and presenting a case to the Crown Prosecution Service.
His work caused significant disruption to the county line drug supply in Peterborough and Wisbech.
When the case went to court in June last year, it was revealed that police discovered hundreds of wraps of heroin, £10,000 in cash and found cocaine in a child’s pram after raiding a Peterborough property.
The stash was found at the home of Serkan Mengene after armed police officers stopped him and fellow drug dealer Ryan Gerald as they made their way back to the city in a taxi on the afternoon of January 9.
Mengene (27), of Southfields Drive, Peterborough, first came to the attention of police when officers analysed his phone data.
Officers believed Mengene, who has previous convictions for drug offences, to be accompanying others to various locations across Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire in order to deal drugs.
Mengene admitted two counts of conspiring to supply class A drugs. Gerald, of Holbrook Close, Enfield, admitted two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Mengene was handed a three-year prison sentence while Gerald was sentenced to five years and 219 days in prison.
DC Belfitt said at the time: “Cell site analysis enabled us to link both defendants to these drugs offences and this sentence serves as a warning to those who think they’re above the law or can’t be traced. We’re working hard to combat drug dealing and bring people before the courts who take advantage of those trapped in addiction.”