Man, 20, convicted of drug dealing offences

A 20-year-old man has been jailed for nearly four years after he was convicted of drug dealing in Northampton.

On the afternoon of July 25 this year, Ashon D’Aguilar, previously of Northampton, was a passenger in a silver Skoda Octavia when police officers came across it in Semilong Road, Northampton.

After attempting to detain D’Aguilar for a stop search, he made off, running down Gordon Street and onto St Andrew’s Road, at which point officers lost track of him.

A subsequent search of the Skoda uncovered a quantity of Class A drugs, believed to be cocaine and heroin, cash, and several mobile phones.

A short time later, a 999 call came into the Force Control Room from a member of the public who had seen a man with no shoes on and in wet clothes walking towards the train station. Officers were deployed to the location and the man was identified as D’Aguilar.

He was arrested and subsequently taken to hospital with suspected hyperthermia as he was believed to have crossed a small stream to evade officers.

When he was discharged from hospital, he was charged with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, possession of cannabis, and obstructing/resisting a constable in the execution of their duty.

After pleading guilty to the offences at Northampton Crown Court in September, D’Aguilar returned to the same court on October 21, where he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison.

Lead investigator - Detective Constable Emma Powell said: “Tackling drug harm is a matter of priority for Northamptonshire Police and it is the drug dealers like Ashon D’Aguilar that we really want to target and put behind bars.

“People often mistakenly think that drug dealing is a victimless crime but there is so much exploitation and violence throughout the drug dealing chain - from the people forced to grow it abroad to the vulnerable children used as drug runners in this country.

“That’s why we will continue working hard to ensure more people like D’Aguilar are brought to justice and I would appeal to anyone who has concerns about drug dealing in their area to contact us so we can investigate.”