A SOUTHAMPTON drug dealer has been jailed for more than seven years after playing a "key role" in the supply of heroin. 

Prince Jr Krome, 28, of Newcombe Road appeared at Southampton Crown Court today after he was found guilty of drug supply on June 1. 

A court heard how in 2021, Krome was identified as playing a "key role" in the supply of heroin in the city after a police investigation into drug supply networks.

After he was arrested on April 15 last year, a mobile phone in his possession was examined. 

It showed that he was the holder of the Gucci drugs line. 

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Today he was jailed for seven and a half years for the supply of heroin. 

It came after a jury previously found him not guilty in the supply of crack cocaine. 

DC Rob Harnett from Hampshire Constabulary's Western Investigations said: “By taking Kroma off the streets, we have removed one of the key players from Southampton’s drug supply chain.

“Heroin not only destroys the lives of those people taking the drug, but also creates a ripple effect of harm through our community – from the organised crime and serious violence that goes hand in hand with drug supply to the exploitation of vulnerable children as drug runners and adults whose properties are taken over by drug dealers as a base for their criminal enterprise.

“I hope this sentence shows our dedication to making Southampton a safer place to live, and sends a stark warning to anyone out there who is dealing drugs that we will find you and make sure justice is served.”

Any information about drug dealing in your neighbourhood can be reported to police by calling 101 on the Hampshire Constabulary website or Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555 111.

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