Guilty of dealing drugs

5:27am Monday 24th March 2008

A CHRONIC alcoholic who supplied undercover police with 400 Ecstasy pills was jailed for three years at Southampton Crown Court.

Malcolm Bontes, 52, was arrested as part of Operation Phoenix, which is clamping down on drugs in Southampton.

Bontes, of Cranbury Avenue, Southampton, admitted two charges of supplying drugs. In mitigation, Stella Harris said he had not financially benefited from the sales.

Also under Operation Phoenix, Wasim Younas, 21, of Archers Road, Southampton, admitted five charges involving the supply of heroin and cocaine, and stealing a laptop and a camera. He was further remanded in custody pending sentence on April 18.