SIX men have been jailed for selling heroin.

They all pleaded guilty on March 23 to conspiracy to supply class A drugs. 

They were arrested during an operation carried out by officers from Brighton and Hove Police's Community Investigation Team into the supply of drugs into the city. 

Joshua Adewale, 22, of Garth Close, Merton, London, was sentenced to four years in prison.

Joshua Otaru, 20, of no fixed address, also pleaded guilty to possession of a knife and was jailed for three years and four months.

Chazen Stumke, 20 , of no fixed address, was caught supplying drugs on seven occasions. He was jailed for two years.

Carl Gillespie, 44, also of no fixed address, who supplied drugs on one occasion was sentenced to 12 months in total.

They were charged with dealing drugs on October 10, 2016.

These four appeared last month at Hove Crown Court and were given reduced sentences for pleading guilty.

Jordan Salmon and Emad Uddin were also sentenced on July 14 at Hove Crown Court to three years and four months each for conspiracy to supply class A drugs in the city.

Salmon, 21, of The Quarterdeck, London, was accused of supplying drugs from August 1 last year to this February and Uddin, 22, of Queens Road, Northamptonshire, was charged with supplying drugs between December 1 and March 15, 2016.

Detective inspector Julie Wakeford said: “These sentences are the latest for those arrested as a result of a drugs operation targeting the supply of heroin into the city.

"Our work, which is supported by the Community Safety Partnership is an example of the excellent joint working that continues into the city targeting those who supply heroin while at the same time encouraging those who need to support with addiction into treatment."

More than 70 arrests have been made as part of the operation so far.