Two suspected west Kent county line drug dealers charged

A pair of suspects have been charged following an investigation into county line drug dealing in west Kent.

On Tuesday 12 January 2021, two search warrants were executed by Kent Police officers in Sevenoaks and Orpington.

A man was arrested at the Sevenoaks address and a mobile phone was seized.

A second man was detained at the premises in Orpington where crack cocaine and heroin deals were seized, along with a mobile phone and a quantity of cash.

Charged

Phillip Brightman, of Westerham Road, Sevenoaks, and Phillip Juby, of Marion Crescent, Orpington, Greater London, were later charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and being concerned in the supply of heroin.

The latter was also charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply and possession of heroin with intent to supply

Mr Brightman, aged 45, and Mr Juby, aged 33, appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 13 January, where they were bailed to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on 10 February.