'County Lines' drug dealer jailed for flooding Whitby with heroin and cocaine

By Louise Perrin
Published 25th Mar 2022, 09:14 BST
Updated 25th Mar 2022, 09:16 BST
A woman has been sentenced to 11 years and nine months in jail following an extensive ‘County Lines’ drug dealing investigation linked to Whitby.

Emma Louise Seed, aged 31, formerly of South Bank, was jailed at York Crown Court after previously pleading guilty to four Class A drugs-related offences including:

- Conspiring to supply heroin in Whitby between 23 November and 2 December 2020

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- Conspiring to supply Class A drugs in Whitby between 25 October and 21 November 2020

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Emma Louise Seed

- Conspiring to supply Class A drugs in Whitby between 28 August and 23 October 2020

- Possession of heroin in Scarborough on 20 August 2021

Following the development of information and intelligence about suspected Class A drug dealing in Whitby, Safer Neighbourhood Officers from Scarborough and Ryedale CID executed a warrant at a house on Abbots Road on 12 February 2020.

This action resulted in the seizure of drugs, drug dealing paraphernalia, telephones and other devices.