Three men who operated a drugs supply network across Gravesham have been jailed for a total of more than 20 years. Alex Oni played a leading role in coordinating multiple county lines which primarily operated in Gravesend.
The men coerced vulnerable people into supplying the substances, including a 12-year-old boy. Adrian Bodzioch and Deividas Sakalauskas were sentenced alongside Oni and acted as runners who transported the drugs from London to North Kent. All three were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday 22nd April 2021.
The county lines were active across Gravesham between January and September 2019. Oni was arrested during a dawn search warrant at a property in Albion Terrace, Gravesend, on 25th September 2019. The activity took place after evidence from drug dealer’s mobile phones consistently showed him to be the one arranging the supply.
Officers also found his network had used a 12-year-old boy to act as a dealer and the child has since been safeguarded by Kent Police and other partner agencies. He has been held on remand since his arrest.
Anyone who has ambitions to travel to Kent to supply drugs can expect to be in receipt of the same fate
Sakalauskas was first arrested on 13th February 2019 after Kent Police officers stopped a white Skoda Octavia travelling in Gravesend. He was found in possession of a burner phone and a small quantity of crack cocaine but, due to the need to forensically examine the evidence, was released from custody under investigation.
He was arrested a second time on 10th June. On this occasion he was travelling in a black Mercedes which had heroin and crack cocaine hidden in its centre console.
Bodzioch was first arrested on 4th September 2019 after he was seen driving a white Audi, registered in Oni’s name, on the A2 near Gravesend. Messages on a phone seized showed he was in regular contact with Oni. A search of Bodzioch’s home also led to the seizure of a small canister which was capable of discharging noxious substances.
Oni, 31, of Marina Drive, Northfleet denied conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine but was found guilty of both offences following a trial at Woolwich Crown Court. He was sentenced to 11 years and 9 months’ imprisonment.
Bodzioch, 22, of Northcote Road, Northfleet, admitted conspiring to supply crack cocaine and possessing a weapon designed to discharge a noxious liquid. He was sentenced to four years and 10 months’ imprisonment.
Sakalauskas, 20, of Northcote Road, Northfleet, admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. He was sentenced to three years and eight months’ imprisonment.
Five other men linked to the supply network were previously jailed in 2019 and 2020. They received sentences totalling more than 17 years.
