Michael Hall

A drug dealer who got involved in a lucrative supply operation which raked in up to £107,000 in four months has been jailed. Michael Hall sent thousands of bulk messages offering cocaine for sale to people in Gateshead .

Newcastle Crown Court heard the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit had been investigating a "county lines" drug dealing number operating in the area between April and August this year, which it turned out was being operated by Hall. Sam Faulks, prosecuting, said: "The number was used to send a large volume of bulk messages to residents in Gateshead on an almost daily basis. There were almost 10,500 messages."

Mr Faulks said that in the four month period, the value of the dealing was estimated to be between £60,000 and £107,000. He added: "The defen

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